US20070266885A1 - Initiator, inflator, and airbag apparatus - Google Patents

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US20070266885A1
US20070266885A1 US11/790,328 US79032807A US2007266885A1 US 20070266885 A1 US20070266885 A1 US 20070266885A1 US 79032807 A US79032807 A US 79032807A US 2007266885 A1 US2007266885 A1 US 2007266885A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
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    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/34—Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians
    • B60R21/36—Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians using airbags
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
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  • the present invention relates to an initiator in which a harness for distributing power or electricity is connected to a main body of the initiator via a connecting portion such as an electrode, a connector, or the like, and to an inflator provided with the initiator. More specifically, it relates to an initiator and an inflator, in which excessive force is hardly applied to the connecting portion of the initiator main body and the harness even when tensile force is applied to the harness. Further, the present invention relates to an airbag apparatus provided with the inflator.
  • An airbag apparatus mounted on a motor vehicle or the like is provided with an airbag inflated by gas supplied into the inside of the same, and an inflator for supplying the gas into the airbag.
  • the inflator is provided with a gas-generating agent and an initiator for initiating gas-generating reaction of the gas-generating agent.
  • the initiator is provided with a reaction agent, an ignition device for a starting reaction of the reaction agent, and a harness for distributing power to the ignition device.
  • the reaction agent is ignited, which results in generating high-temperature reaction gas, and the gas-generating agent in the inflator starts gas-generating reaction by the reaction gas. Therefore, a large amount of gas is generated from the inflator, and the airbag is inflated by the gas.
  • a connecting structure for connecting the harness to a main body of the initiator it is known that an electrode pin, which is conducted to the ignition device, is extended from the main body of the initiator, and the harness is connected to the electrode pin (refer to, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-90097).
  • a connector is provided at a tip end of the harness, and the harness is connected to the electrode pin in a manner so as to insert the electrode pin into the connector.
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view, which illustrates an initiator according to a hitherto known example and a vicinity of an initiator-attaching portion of the inflator provided with the initiator under a condition where the initiator is attached to the inflator.
  • An initiator 10 A is provided with a main body 20 of the initiator, about cylindrical collar 30 , that holds the main body 20 of the initiator, a resin 40 that joins the main body 20 of the initiator with the collar 30 , a harness 50 that distributes the power to the main body 20 of the initiator, and so forth.
  • the main body 20 of the initiator is provided with a head portion 21 housing the reaction agent and the ignition device (both of which are not shown) inside thereof, and an electrode pin 22 extending from the head portion 21 .
  • the electrode pin 22 is conducted to the ignition device in the head portion 21 .
  • the collar 30 is provided with a main body 31 having a cylindrical shape, an inwardly protruding flange portion 32 that is circumferentially formed on an inner peripheral surface of the main body 31 , and a cylindrical surrounding wall portion 33 extending from one end side (rear end side) of the main body 31 .
  • a diameter of an outer circumference of the main body 31 is formed to be greater than that of the surrounding wall portion 33 .
  • the initiator main body 20 is disposed in the main body 31 , and the electrode pin 22 extends in the surrounding wall portion 33 , while passing through an inner hole of the inwardly protruding flange portion 32 .
  • the resin 40 is filled in a space between the main body 20 of the initiator and the inner peripheral surface of the main body 31 , and an inside of the inner hole of the inwardly protruding flange portion 32 by an injection molding process or the like. The resin 40 is then hardened, and the initiator main body 20 and the collar 30 are joined by the hardened resin 40 .
  • a connector 51 is provided at a tip end of the harness 50 , and the connector 51 is connected to the electrode pin 22 in a manner so as to insert a tip end side of the connector 51 into an inside of the surrounding wall portion 33 . That is, in this hitherto known example, a connecting portion for connecting the main body 20 of the initiator and the harness 50 is constructed with the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 .
  • Numeral 52 denotes a claw.
  • the claw prevents the connector 51 from being pulled out.
  • the claw 52 is latched to a groove (numeral is omitted) formed in an inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall portion 33 , which prevents the connector 51 from being pulled out from the electrode 22 .
  • the initiator 10 A is attached to an inflator 9 A.
  • the inflator 9 A is formed into a rod shape, and is provided with a cylindrical housing 9 a housing the gas-generating agent (not shown). At one end side (rear end side) of the housing 9 a in a center axis direction, an initiator-attaching portion 9 b is provided.
  • the initiator-attaching portion 9 b has approximately cylindrical shape having an inner hole 9 c that is allowed to communicate with an internal space of the housing 9 a .
  • a gas outlet (not shown) is provided at the other end side (tip end side) of the housing 9 a .
  • the initiator 10 A is inserted into the inner hole 9 c of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b , with the head portion 21 as the leading end.
  • a rear end side of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b is crimped and is brought to contact an outer peripheral surface of the collar 30 . Therefore, the initiator 10 A is fixed in the initiator-attaching portion 9 b and the rear end side of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b is tightly sealed.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an initiator and an inflator provided with the initiator, and an airbag apparatus provided with the inflator, in which the harness for distributing power is connected to the initiator main body via a connecting portion such as an electrode, a connector or the like, and unreasonable force is hardly applied to the connecting portion of the main body of the initiator and the harness even when tensile force is applied to the harness.
  • an initiator is formed such that a hooking portion in which a middle portion of the harness in an extending direction is hooked is provided on an initiator main body in the initiator in which the harness for distributing power is connected to the main body of the initiator via a connecting portion.
  • a cylindrically shaped cap is provided in a manner so as to surround the connecting portion, and the hooking portion is provided on the cap.
  • a sealing portion for covering the connecting portion is provided.
  • the connecting portion includes an electrode provided in the initiator main body and a connector into which the harness extends, and the connector is connected to the electrode, and the sealing portion is provided in a manner so as to cover at least a space between the connector and the initiator main body.
  • an inflator includes the initiator according to any one of the first aspect through the fourth aspect of the present invention.
  • the harness for distributing power is connected to the initiator main body via the connecting portion, and the hooking portion on which a middle portion of the harness in an extending direction is hooked is provided on an outer surface of the inflator.
  • an airbag apparatus is provided with an airbag and an inflator for inflating the airbag, wherein the inflator is the inflator according to the fifth aspect of the invention and the sixth aspect of the invention.
  • the present invention has the following advantages.
  • the middle portion of the harness in an extending direction is hooked on the initiator main body by the hooking portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the harness and the initiator main body, the tensile force is hardly transmitted to the connecting portion even when the tensile force is applied to the harness and thereby undesirable force is hardly applied to the connecting portion.
  • the middle portion of the harness in the extending direction is hooked on the outer surface of the inflator by the hooking portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the harness and the initiator main body, the tensile force is hardly transmitted to the connecting portion, so that the undesirable force is hardly applied to the connecting portion even when tensile force is applied to the harness.
  • the hooking portion for the harness is provided in the initiator or the inflator in which the initiator is attached, and the harness is hooked on the hooking portion. Accordingly, the undesirable force is hardly applied to the connecting portion of the harness and the initiator main body when the tensile force is applied to the harness, even though the hooking portion for the harness is not separately provided on, for example, a case or the like for housing the airbag apparatus. Further, the flexibility of the layout for the airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian is improved because there is no need to separately provide the hooking portion for the harness on the case for housing the airbag apparatus as described above.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an initiator and a vicinity of an initiator-attaching portion of an inflator provided with the initiator, according to an embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an automobile, on which an airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian is mounted, according to the embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating the airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian, in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a hitherto known initiator and a vicinity of an initiator-attaching portion of an inflator provided with the initiator.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an initiator according to the embodiment and a vicinity of an initiator-attaching portion of an inflator provided with the initiator
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along line 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 .
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate a condition in which the initiator is attached to the inflator.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an automobile where an airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian provided with the inflator is mounted.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating the airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are illustrating a condition in which the airbag is inflated.
  • a tip-and-rear direction is conformed to an upper and lower direction of FIGS. 1 and 2 ; an inflator side of the initiator, i.e., a lower side of the drawing is defined as a tip end; and a side opposite to the inflator side of the initiator, i.e., an upper side of the drawing is defined as a rear end.
  • An initiator 10 is provided with an initiator main body 20 , an approximately cylindrical collar 30 that holds the initiator main body 20 , a resin 40 that joins the initiator main body 20 with the collar 30 , a harness 50 that distributes power to the initiator main body 20 , a hooking portion 62 for hooking a middle portion of the harness 50 , and so forth.
  • a construction of the initiator main body 20 , the collar 30 , the resin 40 , the harness 50 , and the connecting portion for connecting the initiator main body 20 and the harness 50 , in the initiator 10 is identical to those of the initiator 10 A in FIG. 5 , described above.
  • the initiator main body 20 includes the head portion 21 housing a reaction agent and an ignition device (both of which are not shown) inside thereof, and the electrode pin 22 that extends from the head portion 21 and conducts to the ignition device in the head portion 21 , as well.
  • the initiator main body 20 is disposed in a main body 31 of the collar 30 , and the electrode pin 22 extends from an inside of a surrounding wall portion 33 of a rear end side of the main body 31 while passing through an inner hole of an inwardly protruding flange portion 32 that is circumferentially formed in the main body 31 .
  • the resin 40 is filled in a space between the initiator main body 20 and the inner peripheral surface of the main body 31 , and inside the inner hole of the inwardly protruding flange portion 32 by an injection molding process or the like.
  • the resin 40 is then hardened, so that the initiator main body 20 and the collar 30 are joined by the hardened resin 40 .
  • a connector 51 is provided at a tip end of the harness 50 , and the connector 51 is connected to the electrode pin 22 in a manner so as to insert a tip end side of the connector 51 into an inside of the surrounding wall portion 33 . That is, in this embodiment, a connecting member for connecting the initiator main body 20 and the harness 50 is constructed with the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 .
  • the initiator 10 is also attached to the rod-shaped inflator 9 .
  • a construction of the inflator 9 is identical to the inflator 9 A, shown in FIG. 5 , described above.
  • an attaching structure of the initiator 10 to the inflator 9 is also identical to the attaching structure of the initiator 10 A to the inflator 9 A, shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the inflator 9 also includes a cylindrical housing 9 a that houses a gas-generating agent (not shown), and the initiator-attaching portion 9 b having approximately cylindrical shape and including an inner hole 9 c communicating with an internal space of the housing 9 a is provided at one end side (rear end side) of the housing 9 a in a center axis direction. At the other end side (tip end side) of the housing 9 a , a gas outlet 9 d (shown in FIG. 4 ) is provided.
  • the initiator 10 is inserted into the inner hole 9 c of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b , with the head portion 21 as the leading end.
  • a rear end side of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b is crimped and is brought to contact the outer peripheral surface of the collar 30 . Therefore, the initiator 10 is fixed in the initiator-attaching portion 9 b and the rear end side of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b is tightly sealed.
  • a cap 60 surrounding a joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 is mounted at a rear end side of the initiator 10 .
  • a sealing portion 61 which covers the joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 , is formed by filling a potting material in the cap 60 from an opening 60 a at an upper surface of the cap 60 .
  • a tip end side of the cap 60 is fitted to the outer side of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b , and the potting material is also filled in a space between an inner peripheral surface of the cap 60 and an outer peripheral surface of the initiator-attaching portion 9 b , and the space between both is sealed with the sealing portion 61 . Further, the potting material is also filled in a space between an inner peripheral surface of the surrounding wall portion 33 and the connector 51 .
  • the entire connector 51 is buried in the sealing portion 61 , and the harness 50 extending to the connector 51 is pulled out of the cap 60 from an inside of the sealing portion 61 passing through the opening 60 a.
  • the sealing portion 61 when at least a space between the connector 51 and the initiator main body 20 (a space between the connector 51 and the inner surface of the surrounding wall portion 33 in this embodiment), and preferably, a joining portion of the connector 51 and the harness 50 (a base portion of the harness 50 to the connector 51 ) are further covered with the sealing portion 61 , a waterproofing property is sufficiently secured, and therefore, there is no need for the entire connector 51 to be buried in the sealing portion 61 .
  • the potting material although urethane resin or the like is listed, the potting material is not limited thereto. Further, with regard to a material of the cap 60 , a PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) or the like is listed because of good joining characteristic with the potting material. However, the material of the cap 60 is not limited thereto. In the present invention, the sealing portion 61 may be formed from a sealing device other than the potting material.
  • the hook-shaped hooking portion 62 is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cap 60 .
  • the middle portion of the harness 50 that is pulled out of the cap 60 is hooked on the hooking portion 62 .
  • the hooking portion 62 is integrally provided with the cap 60 in this embodiment, the same may be provided as a separate body from the cap 60 . Further, the hooking portion 62 is not limited to that having the hook-like shape and various constructions can be adopted therefor.
  • the good waterproofing property can be obtained in between the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 .
  • the cylindrical cap 60 is provided in a manner so as to surround the joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 , and the sealing portion 61 for covering the joining body of the connector 51 and the electrode pin 22 is formed by filling the potting material inside the cap 60 . Accordingly, a highly effective waterproof treatment can easily be performed.
  • the hooking portion 62 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cap 60 , and the harness 50 is hooked on the outer peripheral surface of the cap 60 by means of the hooking portion 62 in close proximity to a portion where the harness 50 extends from the sealing portion 61 . Accordingly, even when the tensile force is applied to the harness 50 , the tensile force is hardly transmitted to a portion in the harness 50 that extends inside the cap 60 , and the harness 50 can be prevented from being peeled off from the sealing portion 61 that covers this portion, or the sealing portion 61 can also be prevented from being ruptured by the tensile force.
  • the inflator 9 is mounted on an airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian.
  • an automobile 1 on which the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian is mounted, is a four-door sedan.
  • the airbag apparatus 4 is installed at a rear part of a hood 3 .
  • a cowl louver 2 when the airbag 5 of the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian is inflated, at least a part of a rear edge portion of the hood 3 , a cowl louver 2 , a windshield 6 and left and right A-pillars 7 are covered with the airbag 5 .
  • the airbag 5 is formed into approximately U-shape and is provided with a cowl-covering portion 5 a which covers the cowl louver 2 and a lower part of the windshield 6 , and pillar covering portions 5 b which extends to both left and right end sides of the cowl-covering portion 5 a and covers at least a lower end side of the left and right A-pillars 7 while developing along each of the A-pillars 7 .
  • a developing shape of the airbag is not limited to the above-described.
  • the airbag 5 may have approximately rectangular shape covering approximately entire body over the cowl louver 2 , the windshield 6 and the A-pillars 7 .
  • the airbag 5 may have approximately H-shape or the like including a pair of fender-covering portions extending frontward in a manner so as to cover over the left and right end sides of the cowl-covering portion 5 a and left and right fender portions.
  • the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian is provided with a case 8 for housing a folded airbag 5 , the inflator 9 ( 9 L and 9 R) for inflating the airbag 5 , a lid (not shown) that closes an airbag passing-through opening (not shown) in the hood 3 for allowing the airbag 5 to pass therethrough, or the like.
  • the case 8 has a long box shape extending in a vehicle body width direction.
  • the case 8 is provided with a bottom portion 8 a , a front wall portion 8 b , a rear wall portion 8 c and left and right end walls 8 d and 8 d , and a top surface thereof is open.
  • the case 8 is disposed at a backside of the hood 3 so that a top surface opening portion thereof faces the airbag passing-through opening, and is attached to the hood 3 via a bracket (not shown).
  • the folded body of the airbag 5 is disposed from one end side to the other end side of the case 8 in a longitudinal direction.
  • inflators 9 are installed at both end sides of the case 8 in a longitudinal direction, respectively.
  • the inflator 9 L positioned at a left end side of the case 8 is arranged at a left half side of the cowl-covering portion 5 a of the airbag 5
  • the inflator 9 R positioned at a right end side of the case 8 is arranged at a right half side of the cowl-covering portion 5 a .
  • each of the inflators 9 L and 9 R is conformed to the longitudinal direction of the case 8 , and each of the inflators 9 L and 9 R is disposed in a manner such that each of tip end (gas outlet 9 d ) sides thereof faces both end sides of the case 8 in the longitudinal direction.
  • the harness 50 extending out from the initiator 10 of each of the inflators 9 is pulled out from the airbag 5 , respectively, and is connected to a control circuit (not shown) of the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian.
  • the control circuit distributes power to the initiator 10 (the above-described ignition device) of each of the inflators 9 via the harness 50 , on the basis of a detecting signal or a predicting signal from these sensors.
  • the power is distributed to the initiator 10 (ignition device) of each of the inflators 9 from the control circuit via the harness 50 , on the basis of the detecting signal or the predicting signal. Therefore, each of the inflators 9 starts a gas-blowing-out operation as described above, and the airbag 5 starts to inflate by the gas from each of the inflators 9 .
  • the airbag 5 pushes the above-described lid to open and is developed along an outer surface of the vehicle body, as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian since the middle portion in an extending direction of the harness 50 connected to the initiator 10 is hooked on the cap 60 attached to the inflator 9 by the hooking portion 62 , the undesirable force is hardly applied to the joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 when the tensile force is applied to the harness 50 , even though a hooking portion for hooking the harness 50 is not provided on, for example, the case 8 or the like. Further, since there is no need to provide the hooking portion for the harness 50 on the case 8 or the like, high flexibility of a layout can be obtained for the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian.
  • the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian is installed outside a vehicle interior, the joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the harness 51 is covered with the sealing portion 61 in the initiator 10 of the inflator 9 mounted on the airbag apparatus 4 for protecting a pedestrian in this embodiment, and thus, an intrusion of rain water or the like into a space therebetween is prevented and therefore weather proof ability of the initiator 10 is high.
  • the hooking portion 62 for the harness 50 may be provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cap 60 surrounding the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 , the hooking portion 62 for the harness 50 may be provided on a top portion, an inner peripheral portion, or the like of the cap 60 . Further, the hooking portion 62 for the harness 50 may be provided at a place of the initiator 10 or the inflator 9 other than the above-described (for example, at the collar 30 of the initiator 10 , the initiator-attaching portion 9 b of the inflator 9 , or the like). The hooking portion 62 for the harness 50 may be provided at a plurality of places.
  • the sealing portion 61 is formed in a manner so as to fill in the cap 60 with the potting material, a method for forming the sealing portion 61 is not limited thereto.
  • the sealing portion 61 may be formed only at an important part, by directly applying a sealing material to at least the space between the connector 51 and the surrounding wall portion 33 , preferably, to the joining portion of the harness 50 and the connector 51 further, or like manner.
  • the sealing portion 61 may be omitted.
  • a detailed construction of the initiator 10 (the initiator main body 20 , a shape of the collar 30 , a holding structure thereof, or the like) may be changed to a structure other than that illustrated in the drawings.
  • An attaching structure of the initiator 10 to the inflator 9 may be changed to a structure other than that illustrated in the drawings.
  • a construction of the inflator 9 is not also limited to that illustrated above.
  • the inflator 9 may not have a rod shape but a disk shape, or the like.
  • the cap 60 may have a construction that covers only the joining body of the electrode pin 22 and the connector 51 . In the present invention, the cap 60 may be omitted.
  • the airbag apparatus is made for protecting a pedestrian
  • the present invention is not limited thereto and can be applied to various airbag apparatuses, such as an airbag apparatus for protecting an occupant that is installed in the vehicle interior, or the like.

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