JP3353722B2 - Head protection airbag bag - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to head protection air which is stored along a roof side rail portion from a pillar portion and expands in a curtain shape by gas ejected from an inflator when a predetermined high load acts on a vehicle body side portion. It relates to a bag bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to improve the protection performance of a head of an occupant seated in a front seat when a predetermined high load is applied to a side portion of a vehicle body, the occupant is folded over a front pillar portion and a roof side rail portion. A head protection airbag device has been proposed in which the stored airbag body is inflated in a curtain shape along the side window glass. Hereinafter, WO 96/2 which discloses this type of head protection airbag device.
The configuration disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 6087 will be described.

[0003] As shown in FIG. 8, the head protection airbag device 100 includes an elongate duct 106, which extends from a front pillar 102 to a roof side rail 104. The front end fixed point 108 and the rear end fixed point 110 are stored in a folded state inside.
An airbag bag body 112 fixed to the vehicle body side at, and an inflator 116 connected to the rear end of the duct 106 via a hose 114 and blowing out gas when a predetermined high load acts on the vehicle body side, A belt-shaped strap 118 having one end fixed to the vehicle body and the other end fixed to the rear end of the airbag bag 112 is a main component. Further, the airbag bag body 112 is formed by connecting a plurality of cells 120 each formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and arranged with the longitudinal direction substantially in the vehicle vertical direction.

According to the above configuration, when a predetermined high load is applied to the side of the vehicle body, gas is ejected from the inflator 116. Therefore, the ejected gas is supplied to the hose 114.
Then, the air flows into each cell 120 of the folded airbag bag 112 via the duct 106. As a result, each cell 120 expands in a substantially cylindrical shape with the longitudinal direction substantially in the vehicle vertical direction, whereby the airbag bag body 112 expands in a curtain shape along the window glass 122. Further, the rear end of the airbag bag body 112 has a strap 118.
, The rear end side of the airbag bag body 112 is surely arranged inside the upper part of the center pillar portion 124.

[0005]

However, in such a head protection airbag device, when the airbag bag in the folded state is deployed, the lower part of the airbag bag is provided in the center pillar compartment. It moves downward along the pillar garnish arranged on the inner side. At this time, in a vehicle in which a vehicle interior protrusion such as a slip joint is disposed above the center pillar portion, the lower portion of the airbag bag during deployment is caught by the vehicle interior protrusion, and the airbag May be disturbed.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a head-protecting airbag bag which is hardly caught by a protruding object in a vehicle cabin and which can improve deployment performance.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention according to claim 1, in a curtain-like head protecting air bag body stored straddling pillar and the roof side rail, the air bag body is a vehicle body When installed, the upper part is folded in a bellows
And the upper compartment in which the lower portion is folded in the bellows
Folded inward, the tip of the lower part is the upper part of the upper part
And the lower part of the airbag bag body
And push it toward the passenger compartment by the upper part protruding outside the passenger compartment.
From the cabin protrusion to the cabin side.
And expands and deploys below the vehicle .

[0008] Therefore, in the air bag body of the present invention, d
When the bag is unfolded, it is folded back and its tip is
The lower part of the airbag bag, which reaches the upper part of the
To the inside of the vehicle
It is pushed out and is located at a position away from the protrusion in the cabin to the cabin side.
At the bottom of the vehicle . Therefore, in a vehicle in which the in-compartment projecting object is located at the position where the airbag bag deploys, the lower part of the inflating airbag bag is less likely to be caught by the in-compartment projecting object, and the deployment performance of the airbag bag can be improved.

According to the present invention, a pillar and a roof are provided.
Curtain-shaped head protection stored over the side rails
In the airbag bag, the airbag bag is attached to the vehicle body.
In the attached state, the upper part, which is the upper side of the vehicle body, is folded
The lower part, which is the lower part of the vehicle body, easily
Low over a relatively large area
It is characterized by being folded .

Accordingly, when the airbag bag is deployed,
From the upper part, which is the upper side of the vehicle when mounted on the vehicle
The gas that has entered the airbag bag is
While expanding and deploying the part,
The lower part, which is the lower part of the body, is expanded and deployed toward the lower part of the vehicle.
You. At this time, the roll folded toward the interior of the vehicle
The lower part of the wide area expands, and the lower part of the airbag
Easily overcomes vehicle interior protrusions such as lip joints
You. For this reason, the area where the airbag
In the case of vehicles with inward protrusions, the airbag bag during deployment
The lower part of the body is hard to be caught by the protrusion in the cabin, so the airbag
The deployment performance of the bag can be improved.

In the folded airbag bag, the lower portion of the airbag bag is folded back into the interior of the upper portion of the bellows-folded upper portion, and substantially covers the upper portion of the bellows-folded portion. I have. As a result, it is possible to reduce a problem that a foreign object is trapped in the bellows-folded portion in a transportation stage before assembly to the vehicle.

[0012]

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the head protection airbag according to any one of the first and second aspects, wherein the lower part is formed of a plate having a substantially L-shaped cross section below the lower part. And a jump table having a guide portion protruding toward the vehicle interior. Therefore, Claims 1 and 2
In addition to the contents described in any one of the above, the airbag bag body is guided toward the inside of the vehicle compartment by the guide portion of the jump stand.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of a head protection airbag bag according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the drawings, an arrow FR indicates a forward direction of the vehicle, an arrow UP indicates an upward direction of the vehicle, and an arrow IN indicates an inward direction of the vehicle width.

As shown in FIG. 3, a head protection airbag device 10 of the present embodiment includes a sensor 12 for detecting a side collision state, a column-shaped inflator 14 for ejecting gas when activated. And an airbag body 16 as main components. The sensor 12 is disposed near the lower end of the center pillar (B pillar) 18 and detects a side collision state when a side collision load of a predetermined value or more acts on the vehicle body side.

The inflator 14 is disposed near the connection between the front pillar (A-pillar) 20 and the instrument panel 22, and is connected to the sensor 12 described above. Therefore, when the sensor 12 detects the side collision state, the inflator 14 is operated.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air bag 16
In the middle part in the vertical direction in a side view, a plurality of non-inflatable portions 24 extending across the tension line T connecting the front end fixed point and the rear end fixed point of the airbag body 16 and having the longitudinal direction in the airbag body vertical direction. Are formed at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of substantially parallel cylindrical inflatable portions 26 crossing the tension line T when the airbag body is deployed by these non-inflating portions 24.
Is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air bag 16
Is located at the tip of a conduit 14A connected to the inflator 14, the upper edge of the middle 16B is located along the front pillar 20 and the roof side rail 28, and the rear end 16C The upper edge portion is arranged near quarter pillar (C pillar) 30. Further, the airbag 1 is folded substantially vertically to have a long shape.
6, a front pillar garnish (not shown) and a roof head lining (not shown) are provided, and the airbag bag body includes a front pillar garnish and a roof head lining (not shown).
And push open to deploy in the cabin. Reference numeral 31 in FIG. 3 indicates an assist grip.

As shown in FIG. 4, the air bag 16
Is formed of a base cloth, and a tongue-shaped mounting portion 35 is formed to project from an upper edge portion, and a circular mounting hole 36 is formed in a substantially central portion of the mounting portion 35. . The airbag body 16 is fixed to the front pillar 20 and the roof side rail 28 by predetermined fixing means in these mounting holes 36, and the pitch of each mounting hole 36 is
The length is set to be longer than the pitch of the mounting holes on the body side and not more than the length that can cover the front pillar 20 and the roof side rail 28 without any gap when the airbag bag is deployed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the roof side rail 28 has a closed cross-sectional structure including an outer panel 32 disposed outside the vehicle compartment and an inner panel 34 disposed inside the vehicle compartment.

The inner panel 3 of the roof side rail 28
4, a roof head lining 4 made of resin
0 is provided on the outer edge 42 in the vehicle width direction. The outer edge 42 in the vehicle width direction of the roof head lining 40 is configured to be deformed toward the vehicle interior and open when the airbag body is deployed, as shown in FIG. The terminal portion 42A of the outer edge portion 42 in the vehicle width direction of the roof head lining 40 is
The center pillar garnish 38 is locked to the outer side surface of the upper edge portion 38A of the vehicle body.

As shown in FIG. 1, the air bag 16
The upper part 16D of the upper part 16D is folded in a bellows shape substantially downward, and the lower part 16E is folded back to the vehicle interior side of the upper part 16D where the bellows is folded. In addition, the tip 16 of the lower part 16E
F has reached upper surface part 16G of upper part 16D.

In the mounting portion 35 of the airbag bag body 16, a grommet 48 is inserted into the mounting hole 36, and is fixed to the inner panel 34 of the roof side rail 28 by the grommet 48. A jump stand 50 is provided between the airbag 16 and the inner panel 34 at a position above the center pillar 18. The jump stand 50 is also provided by the grommet 48 on the inner panel of the roof side rail 28. 34.

The jump table 50 is made of a plate having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and has a guide portion 50A formed at the lower end thereof and protruding toward the vehicle interior. Therefore, the airbag bag 16
As shown in FIG. 2, the airbag bag body 16 is guided by the guide portion 50 </ b> A toward the inside of the vehicle compartment, and is deployed on the upper edge portion 38 </ b> A of the center pillar garnish 38. It has become. The grommet 48 is composed of a disk-shaped head 48A and a pair of legs 48B and 48C erected in parallel with the center of the head 48A, and the pair of legs 48B and 48C It is elastically deformable in the direction of coming and going. On the other hand, the inner panel 34 of the roof side rail 28 has a locking hole 54
Are formed, and the leg portions 48B, 48
When C is inserted, the legs 48B and 48C are urged in a direction to approach each other, and the grommet 48 is locked to the inner panel 34 by the reaction force.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air bag 16
Is held in a folded state by a tape 46 wound at a predetermined interval, and the tape 46 is easily broken when the airbag body is deployed.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, when the sensor 12 detects a side collision state, the inflator 14 operates, the airbag bag 16 expands, and the airbag bag 16 starts to deploy in the vehicle interior. At this time, the lower part 16E of the airbag bag 16
Top There since have been folded into the cabin internal bellows-folded top 16D, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, bottom 16E of the air bag body 16 folded back, projecting ahead to the vehicle exterior By 16D, it is pushed out toward the vehicle interior. As a result, the lower portion 16E of the airbag bag 16 is
As shown by the dashed line in FIG. 2, it is inflated and deployed toward the lower part of the vehicle (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2) in a state of being pushed out toward the vehicle interior. Therefore, the lower portion 16E of the airbag bag body 16 moves downward at a position away from the vehicle interior projection 52 such as a slip joint toward the vehicle interior.

Therefore, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, in a vehicle having the vehicle interior projection 52 at the site where the airbag bag 16 is deployed, the lower portion 16E of the airbag bag 16 during deployment is located on the lower side. It is hard to be caught by the protruding object 52 in the vehicle interior, and the deployment performance of the airbag bag body 16 can be improved.

Further, in the airbag bag body 16 in the folded state, the lower portion 16E of the airbag bag body 16 is folded back toward the interior of the cabin of the upper portion 16D where the bellows are folded. It covers the upper part 16D. As a result, in the transportation stage until the airbag bag body 16 is assembled to the vehicle, it is possible to reduce the problem that foreign matter is caught in the bellows folded portion of the airbag bag body 16.

In this embodiment, the airbag 1
6, the tip 16F of the lower part 16E is the upper surface part 1 of the upper part 16D.
Although it has reached 6G, a configuration in which the position of the tip 16F is stopped short of the upper surface portion 16G may be used instead.

A head protection airbag bag according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, the upper portion 16H of the airbag bag 16 is folded in a bellows shape substantially downward, and the lower portion 16J is directed toward the interior of the vehicle, ie, The roll is folded in such a manner that the direction toward the passenger compartment is the winding side.

As shown in FIG. 6, the airbag bag 16 has a bellows-like folded portion above the neck portion 24A formed at the upper end of the inflatable portion 26.
A relatively wide area below is roll-folded.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, when the sensor 12 detects a side collision state, the inflator 14 operates, the airbag bag 16 expands, and the airbag bag 16 starts to deploy in the vehicle compartment. At this time, the upper portion 16H of the airbag bag 16
However, since it is folded in a bellows shape substantially downward, and the lower portion 16J is roll-folded toward the vehicle interior side,
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 7, the upper portion 16H folded in a bellows shape expands and pushes the outer edge 42 of the roof head lining 40 in the vehicle width direction into the vehicle interior, and thereafter, is shown by the dashed line in FIG. So that the lower part 16J of the airbag bag body 16 that has been roll-folded during deployment is deployed downward.

At this time, the lower portion 16J of the airbag bag 16
Is roll-folded toward the inside of the vehicle interior, so that the roll-folding can easily get over the vehicle interior protrusion 52 such as a slip joint as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. . As a result, the lower portion 16 </ b> J of the airbag body 16 during deployment is less likely to be caught by the protruding object 52 in the vehicle interior, and the deployment performance of the airbag body 16 can be improved.

In the folded airbag 16, the upper part 16 D that has been folded in a bellows is relatively narrow, so that the airbag 16 is not transported until the airbag 16 is assembled to the vehicle. The problem that a foreign object is caught in the bellows-folded portion can be reduced.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with respect to a specific embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various other embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention. It is clear to a person skilled in the art that is possible. For example, instead of the grommet 48, another locking means may be used. The head protection airbag device of the present invention is also applicable to a configuration in which an inflator is provided on the quarter pillar (C-pillar) 30 side.

[0041]

As described above, the head-protecting airbag bag according to the first aspect of the present invention has an excellent effect that it is hard to be caught by a protruding object in the vehicle interior and the deployment performance can be improved.

Further, the head-protecting airbag bag according to the second aspect of the present invention is less likely to be caught by a protruding part in the vehicle interior and is deployed.
It has an excellent effect that performance can be improved .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first and second aspects, the airbag bag is formed by the guide portion of the jumping stand.
It has an excellent effect of being guided toward the interior of the vehicle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view of the head protection airbag bag according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a stored state of the head protection airbag bag according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a deployed state of the head protection airbag bag according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1 of a head protection airbag bag according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing a state before folding a head protection airbag bag according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of a head protection airbag bag according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view showing a completed deployment state of an airbag body in a head protection airbag device according to a conventional embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Head protection airbag device 14 Inflator 16 Airbag bag 16D Upper part of airbag 16E Lower part of airbag 16H Upper part of airbag 16J Lower part of airbag 18 Center pillar 20 Front pillar 28 Roof side rail

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pillar and the roof side curtain of head protection air bag body stored straddling the rail, the air bag body, in a state mounted to a vehicle body, the upper
Is bellows-folded, and the lower part is the bellows-folded upper part
It is folded back to the vehicle interior and the lower end is
Part of the airbag bag,
The upper part that protrudes to the outside of the cabin ahead of opening
Toward the interior of the vehicle
A head protection airbag bag characterized by being inflated and deployed downwardly of a vehicle at a position where the airbag is deployed . 2. Straddling the pillar and the roof side rail
Stored curtain-shaped head protection airbag bag
When the airbag bag is attached to the vehicle body,
The upper part, which is the upper side, is bellows-folded, and the lower part, which is the lower side of the vehicle body
Section is relatively wide to easily get over the cabin protrusions
Roll-folded toward the interior of the vehicle
Head protection air bag body to be. 3. A plate member having a substantially L-shaped cross section below the lower portion.
The lower end has a guide that protrudes toward the vehicle interior.
Claims characterized in that the formed jump hill is provided
Item 3. A head protection airbag bag according to any one of Items 1 and 2 .