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JP3750154B2
JP3750154B2 JP13602595A JP13602595A JP3750154B2 JP 3750154 B2 JP3750154 B2 JP 3750154B2 JP 13602595 A JP13602595 A JP 13602595A JP 13602595 A JP13602595 A JP 13602595A JP 3750154 B2 JP3750154 B2 JP 3750154B2
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秀仁 曽木
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一弘 中山
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【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
本発明は、運転席用エアバッグ装置等のエアバッグ袋体に係り、詳しくはエアバッグに施した制御用縫製と内布とによって展開形状を制御する車両用エアバッグに関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
エアバッグ装置は、車両の衝突時に瞬時にエアバッグが膨張することによって乗員を拘束する装置であり、通常、ガス発生器であるインフレータと、インフレータのガスにより膨張するエアバッグとを備えている。
【0003】
そして、上記エアバッグは、例えばインフレータ取付用の略円形の取付穴を有するインフレータ側布と、この布とほぼ同形の乗員側布の外周縁部同士を縫合することによって作製されることが多い。
【0004】
ところで、エアバッグにはより速く所定の展開形状にするためにテザーと呼ばれるストラップが設けられることがあり、このストラップは、エアバッグの前記インフレータ側布と乗員側布の夫々の中心付近同士を連結し、エアバッグ展開時の該エアバッグをより速く所定の展開形状にするようになっている。しかし、上記ストラップはエアバッグの内面に取付けられているのが一般的であり、その取付には技術を要することから、工数や時間を要する不利があり、延いてはエアバッグのコストアップの要因となったり、ストラップが嵩張るためにエアバッグの重量とパッケージボリュームが増大する等の問題を有している。
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
そこで上記の問題を解決するために、ストラップを省略する手段として上記テザーの代用となる縫製が考えられている。この縫製は、エアバッグ展開時に縫製糸が切れることによってエネルギー吸収を行わせるティアーシーム(Tear Seam )と呼ばれるものであり、エアバッグの乗員側布とインフレータ側布とを所定の展開圧力により破断する制御用縫製により縫合し、エアバッグ展開時に於て、上記ティアーシームが破断し、乗員側布の飛び出し方向のエネルギー吸収を行い、展開挙動を制御している。
【0006】
しかしながら、上記従来のティアーシームでは、制御用縫製を施した複数の縫合部において各縫製糸がほぼ同時に破断するように設定されていることから、エアバッグの展開挙動が上記各縫製糸の破断のタイミングによって左右される。
【0007】
本発明は叙上の如き実状に対処し、上記制御用縫製に破断の順序を設定することにより、エアバッグを外周部側から展開させるとともに、この展開時の乗員側布のエネルギーを充分吸収させることを目的とするものである。
【0008】
【課題を解決するための手段】
即ち、上記目的に適合する本発明エアバッグの特徴は、インフレータ取付穴を有するインフレータ側布と乗員側布とを重合し、これら各布の外周部を縫合した車両用エアバッグにおいて、インフレータガスの流れを制御する上記取付穴の直径より大なる幅の内布により上記取付穴を被覆して、この内布の左右の端部を上記インフレータ側布に縫着すると共に、エアバッグの所定の展開圧力によって破断する制御用縫製により、上記インフレータ側布と乗員側布とを上記取付穴周囲の上部,下部及び左右両側に十字状配置で半径方向に縫着し、かつエアバッグ下部の制御用縫製を他の部分の制御用縫製より弱く形成せしめて、エアバッグを下部から先に膨張させるようにした点にある。
【0009】
さらに、同じく上記本発明のエアバッグにおいて、ベントホールの近傍に制御用縫製を施すことにより、エアバッグの展開初期のガス抜けを抑制し、インフレータガスの有効利用を図ることも可能である。
【0010】
【作用】
エアバッグ装置が作動すると、インフレータガスはエアバッグ内で乗員側布に向かって吹き出してくるが、上記本発明のエアバッグでは、インフレータと乗員側布との間に左右の端部が縫着された内布が介在し、かつインフレータ側布と乗員側布とが前記制御用縫製によって縫合されていることからも乗員側布はすぐには飛び出さず、最初は内布の存在によりエアバッグの上下部方向にインフレータガスが流れ、ある程度内圧が上がった時点で、先ずエアバッグの下部、次いで上部の制御用縫製が破断し、この部分を通りエアバッグを下部から先に膨張させてその外周まで多量のインフレータガスが到達する。
【0011】
そして、さらにエアバッグの内圧が上がると、続いて上記破断した縫合部の両隣の制御縫製縫合部が破断して、同様にその外周部まで多量のインフレータガスが到達し、以下、隣合う制御縫製縫合部が順次破断して行く。
【0012】
すわなち、本発明では上記の如く制御縫製縫合部の破断強度を調整して、この縫合部の破断のタイミングを各部位毎にずらすことにより、エアバッグの外周部に上記の如く常にインフレータガスが向かって行くようにし、この外周部からの展開を早めると同時に、乗員側布の飛び出し方向へのエネルギーを充分吸収することが可能である。
【0013】
【実施例】
以下、さらに添付図面を参照して、本発明の実施例を説明する。
【0014】
図1は本発明実施例の運転席用エアバッグを乗員側布から見た平面図、図2は同実施例エアバッグの断面図であり、このエアバッグは、インフレータの取付穴1、ボルト穴2、およびベントホール3を有するインフレータ側布4と、このインフレータ側布4と同じ外形の乗員側布5とを重合し、これら各布4,5の外周部を縫製6により縫合してエアバッグを袋状に形成している。
【0015】
そして、上記実施例のエアバッグでは、上記取付穴1の直径より大なる幅の長方形状布からなり、かつ上記取付穴1を被覆することによりインフレータガスの流れを制御する内布7を、図示の如く取付穴1を跨ぐように配設して、その左右端部をインフレータ側布4に縫着している。
【0016】
またさらに、エアバッグが膨張する際の所定の展開圧力によって破断される制御用縫製8,8′によって、上記インフレータ側布4と乗員側布5とを、上記取付穴1周囲の4箇所で上下左右の半径方向に縫着している。そして、エアバッグ下部の制御用縫製8′を、他の部分の制御用縫製8より先に破断されるよう所要弱く形成している。この実施例では、下部の制御用縫製8′に420dの縫製糸用い、他の制御用縫製8には840dの縫製糸を用いている。
【0017】
しかして、上記本発明各実施例のエアバッグにおいては、インフレータ(図示せず)と乗員側布5との間に内布7が介在し、かつインフレータ側布4と乗員側布5とが前記制御用縫製8,8′によって縫合されているため、乗員側布5に向かって吹き出すインフレータガスに対しても乗員側布5はすぐには飛び出さず、ある程度内圧が上がった時点で、先ず一番弱くした部分の制御用縫製8′が破断し、この部分を通りその外周部まで上記インフレータガスが到達する。
【0018】
そして、さらにエアバッグの内圧が上がると、続いて上記破断した制御用縫製8′の両隣の制御用縫製8が破断して、同様にその外周部までインフレータガスが到達し、最後に残る上部の制御用縫製8が破断してエアバッグの展開が完了する。
【0019】
すわなち、本発明実施例では、上記の如く制御用縫製8,8′の破断強度を調整して、これら縫製8,8′の破断のタイミングを各部位毎にずらすことにより、エアバッグの外周部に上記の如く常にインフレータガスが向かって行くようにし、この外周部からの展開を早めると同時に、乗員側布の飛び出し方向へのエネルギーを充分吸収することが可能となる。
【0022】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明の車両用エアバッグは、インフレータ側布と乗員側布の外周部を縫合したエアバッグにおいて、インフレータガスの流れを制御する内布により上記取付穴を被覆して、この内布の左右の端部を上記インフレータ側布に縫着すると共に、エアバッグの所定の展開圧力によって破断する制御用縫製により上記インフレータ側布と乗員側布とを上記取付穴周囲の上部,下部及び左右両側に十字状配置で半径方向に縫着し、かつ、下部の制御用縫製を他の制御用縫製より弱く形成したものであり、上記内布を介設し、乗員側へ向かうインフレータガスの流れを上下方向に変え、次いで下→上、左右又は下→上→左右の順に制御用縫製の破断のタイミングをずらすことにより、エアバッグの外周部に順次インフレータガスが向かって行くようにし、この外周部からの展開を早めるとともに、乗員側布の飛び出し方向へのエネルギーを充分吸収することが可能で、特に下部の制御用縫製を弱く形成することにより展開初期の乗員への不必要なバッグの突出を抑制し、かつ破断後は下部より先に膨張することによりハンドルに近い乗員の腹部を拘束し、従来のストラップ付きエアバッグと同等な展開挙動を実現してその代替をなし、ストラップを省略した低コストで低ボリュームなエアバッグを提供するとの顕著な効果を奏するものである。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】 本発明実施例の運転席用エアバッグを乗員側布から見た平面図である。
【図2】 同実施例エアバッグの断面図である。
[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an airbag bag body such as an airbag device for a driver's seat, and more particularly to a vehicle airbag in which a deployment shape is controlled by control sewing and inner cloth applied to the airbag.
[0002]
[Prior art]
An airbag device is a device that restrains an occupant by instantaneously inflating an airbag when a vehicle collides, and usually includes an inflator that is a gas generator and an airbag that is inflated by gas of the inflator.
[0003]
And the said airbag is often produced by sewing the inflator side cloth which has the substantially circular attachment hole for inflator attachment, and the outer-periphery edge part of the passenger | crew side cloth substantially the same shape as this cloth, for example.
[0004]
By the way, the airbag may be provided with a strap called a tether in order to make it a predetermined deployment shape faster, and this strap connects the vicinity of the center of each of the inflator side cloth and the occupant side cloth of the airbag. In addition, the airbag at the time of deployment of the airbag is brought into a predetermined deployment shape faster. However, the strap is generally attached to the inner surface of the airbag, and it requires a technique to install the strap, which has the disadvantage of man-hours and time, which in turn increases the cost of the airbag. Or because the strap is bulky, the weight of the airbag and the package volume increase.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, sewing as a substitute for the tether is considered as means for omitting the strap. This sewing is called “Tear Seam” which absorbs energy by breaking the sewing thread when the airbag is deployed, and breaks the occupant side fabric and the inflator side fabric of the airbag with a predetermined deployment pressure. When the airbag is deployed, the tear seam breaks and absorbs energy in the direction in which the occupant-side fabric protrudes, thereby controlling the deployment behavior.
[0006]
However, in the conventional tear seam, since each sewing thread is set to break almost simultaneously in a plurality of stitched portions subjected to control sewing, the deployment behavior of the airbag is the breakage of each sewing thread. It depends on the timing.
[0007]
The present invention copes with the actual situation as described above, and by setting the order of breakage in the control sewing, the airbag is deployed from the outer peripheral side, and the energy of the occupant side fabric during the deployment is sufficiently absorbed. It is for the purpose.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
That is, the air bag according to the present invention suitable for the above-described purpose is characterized in that an inflator gas in an inflator side cloth and an occupant side cloth having inflator mounting holes are superposed and the outer periphery of each cloth is stitched. The mounting hole is covered with an inner cloth having a width larger than the diameter of the mounting hole for controlling the flow, and right and left ends of the inner cloth are sewn to the inflator side cloth, and a predetermined deployment of the airbag is performed. By sewing for control that breaks due to pressure, the inflator side cloth and the occupant side cloth are sewn in a radial direction in a cross-like arrangement on the upper, lower and left and right sides around the mounting hole, and control sewing is performed on the lower part of the airbag. Is formed weaker than the control sewing of other parts, and the airbag is inflated from the bottom first.
[0009]
Furthermore, in the airbag according to the present invention, by performing control sewing in the vicinity of the vent hole, it is possible to suppress gas escape at the initial stage of deployment of the airbag and effectively use the inflator gas.
[0010]
[Action]
When the airbag device is activated, the inflator gas blows out toward the occupant side cloth in the airbag. In the airbag of the present invention, the left and right end portions are sewn between the inflator and the occupant side cloth. Since the inner cloth is interposed and the inflator side cloth and the occupant side cloth are sewn by the control sewing, the occupant side cloth does not pop out immediately. When the inflator gas flows in the upper and lower direction and the internal pressure rises to some extent, the control sewing on the lower part of the airbag and then the upper part is broken, and the airbag is inflated from the lower part to the outer periphery through this part. A large amount of inflator gas arrives.
[0011]
Then, when the internal pressure of the airbag further increases, the control sewing stitches on both sides of the above-described broken stitching portion break, and similarly, a large amount of inflator gas reaches the outer peripheral portion. The stitches are broken sequentially.
[0012]
In other words, in the present invention, the break strength of the control sewing stitching portion is adjusted as described above, and the timing of breaking the stitching portion is shifted for each part, so that the inflator gas is always placed on the outer peripheral portion of the airbag as described above. It is possible to absorb the energy in the jumping-out direction of the occupant side fabric at the same time as the development from the outer peripheral portion is accelerated.
[0013]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a driver's seat airbag according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the occupant side cloth, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the airbag according to the embodiment. 2 and an inflator side cloth 4 having a vent hole 3 and an occupant side cloth 5 having the same outer shape as the inflator side cloth 4 are superposed, and the outer peripheral portions of the cloths 4 and 5 are stitched by sewing 6 to obtain an airbag. Is formed in a bag shape.
[0015]
And in the airbag of the said Example, the inner cloth 7 which consists of a rectangular cloth wider than the diameter of the said attachment hole 1 and controls the flow of an inflator gas by covering the said attachment hole 1 is illustrated. In this way, it is arranged so as to straddle the mounting hole 1, and its left and right end portions are sewn to the inflator side cloth 4.
[0016]
Furthermore, the inflator side cloth 4 and the occupant side cloth 5 are moved up and down at four locations around the mounting hole 1 by control sewing 8, 8 'that is broken by a predetermined deployment pressure when the airbag is inflated. Sewn in the left and right radial directions. Then, the control sewing 8 'at the lower part of the airbag is formed with a required weakness so as to be broken before the control sewing 8 of the other part. In this embodiment, 420d sewing thread is used for the lower control sewing 8 ', and 840d sewing thread is used for the other control sewing 8.
[0017]
Thus, in the airbag of each embodiment of the present invention, the inner cloth 7 is interposed between the inflator (not shown) and the occupant side cloth 5, and the inflator side cloth 4 and the occupant side cloth 5 are Since the sewing is carried out by the control sewing 8, 8 ', the occupant side cloth 5 does not immediately jump out of the inflator gas blown out toward the occupant side cloth 5, but when the internal pressure rises to some extent, The weakened portion of the control sewing 8 'is broken, and the inflator gas reaches the outer peripheral portion through this portion.
[0018]
Then, when the internal pressure of the airbag further increases, the control sewing 8 adjacent to the broken control sewing 8 'is broken, and the inflator gas reaches the outer periphery in the same manner. The control sewing 8 is broken to complete the deployment of the airbag.
[0019]
In other words, in the embodiment of the present invention, the breaking strength of the control sewing 8, 8 'is adjusted as described above, and the timing of the breaking of the sewing 8, 8' is shifted for each part, so that the airbag As described above, the inflator gas is always directed toward the outer peripheral portion, so that the development from the outer peripheral portion is accelerated, and at the same time, the energy in the jumping-out direction of the occupant side cloth can be sufficiently absorbed.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the vehicle airbag according to the present invention covers the mounting hole with the inner cloth that controls the flow of the inflator gas in the airbag in which the outer periphery of the inflator side cloth and the occupant side cloth are sewn. The left and right end portions of the inner fabric are sewn to the inflator side fabric, and the inflator side fabric and the occupant side fabric are connected to the upper portion around the mounting hole by control sewing that is broken by a predetermined deployment pressure of the airbag. An inflator that is sewn in the radial direction in a cruciform arrangement on the lower and left and right sides, and that the lower control sewing is weaker than the other control sewings, and the inner fabric is interposed to the inflator By changing the gas flow in the vertical direction, and then shifting the timing of the control sewing break in the order of bottom → top, right and left or bottom → top → left and right, the inflator gas is sequentially applied to the outer periphery of the airbag. It is possible to accelerate the deployment from the outer periphery and absorb the energy in the direction in which the occupant-side fabric pops out, especially by forming the control sewing on the lower part weakly for the occupant in the initial stage of deployment. Substituting the unnecessary bag protrusion and restraining the occupant's abdomen near the handlebars by inflating before the lower part after breaking, realizing the same deployment behavior as a conventional strap-equipped airbag This provides a remarkable effect of providing a low-cost and low-volume airbag without a strap.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a driver's seat airbag according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from a passenger side cloth.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the airbag according to the embodiment.

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インフレータの取付穴を有するインフレータ側布と乗員側布とを重合し、これら各布の外周部を縫合した車両用エアバッグにおいて、インフレータガスの流れを制御する上記取付穴の直径より大なる幅の内布により上記取付穴を被覆して、この内布の左右の端部を上記インフレータ側布に縫着すると共に、エアバッグの所定の展開圧力によって破断する制御用縫製により、上記インフレータ側布と乗員側布とを上記取付穴周囲の上部,下部及び左右両側に十字状配置で半径方向に縫着し、かつエアバッグ下部の制御用縫製を他の部分の制御用縫製より弱く形成せしめたことを特徴とする車両用エアバッグ。In a vehicle airbag in which an inflator side cloth having an attachment hole for an inflator and an occupant side cloth are superposed and the outer peripheral portion of each cloth is sewn, the width of the air bag is larger than the diameter of the attachment hole for controlling the flow of the inflator gas . The mounting hole is covered with an inner cloth, and the left and right ends of the inner cloth are sewn to the inflator side cloth, and the inflator side cloth and the inflator side cloth are sewn by control sewing that is broken by a predetermined deployment pressure of the airbag. The occupant side cloth was sewn in the radial direction in a cross-like arrangement on the upper, lower and left and right sides around the mounting hole, and the control sewing at the lower part of the airbag was made weaker than the control sewing in the other parts. An air bag for vehicles.
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