WO2003080402A1 - An air-bag - Google Patents
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- WO2003080402A1 WO2003080402A1 PCT/SE2003/000399 SE0300399W WO03080402A1 WO 2003080402 A1 WO2003080402 A1 WO 2003080402A1 SE 0300399 W SE0300399 W SE 0300399W WO 03080402 A1 WO03080402 A1 WO 03080402A1
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- air
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- 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
- B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
- B60R21/23—Inflatable members
- B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- 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
- B60R21/23—Inflatable members
- B60R21/235—Inflatable members characterised by their material
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- 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
- B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
- B60R21/23—Inflatable members
- B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
- B60R2021/23123—Heat protection panels
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- 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
- B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
- B60R21/23—Inflatable members
- B60R21/235—Inflatable members characterised by their material
- B60R2021/23504—Inflatable members characterised by their material characterised by material
- B60R2021/23509—Fabric
- B60R2021/23514—Fabric coated fabric
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- 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
- B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
- B60R21/23—Inflatable members
- B60R21/235—Inflatable members characterised by their material
- B60R2021/23533—Inflatable members characterised by their material characterised by the manufacturing process
- B60R2021/23542—Weaving
- B60R2021/23547—Weaving one piece weaving
Definitions
- THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a an air-bag, and more particularly relates to an air-bag adapted to provide protection for an occupant of a motor vehicle.
- Many air-bags are designed to have an aperture formed therein which receives part of a gas generator, so that the gas generator has part of its housing located within the air-bag, and another part of its housing extending from the air-bag to facilitate mounting of the air-bag. On inflation of the air-bag gas emerges from that part of the air-bag housing located within the air-bag.
- gas generators Whilst some gas generators release compressed gas, and thus produce a cold gas, other gas generators, which are of a pyrotechnic nature, produce a very hot gas, and other gas generators, which are so-called hybrid gas generators produce gas at an intermediate temperature.
- the flow of gas at least during the initial stages of inflation of the air- bag, may be very aggressive, and thus the region of the air-bag immediately surrounding the gas generator, which may be termed the "throat" region, has to be capable of withstanding the gas flow without being compromised.
- an additional layer of fabric in the throat region to act as a heat protective layer, especially if a pyrotechnic or hybrid gas generator is utilised.
- This layer can be glued or stitched to the main fabric of the air-bag, or may be mounted in position by means of studs provided on the gas generator.
- the fabric of the air-bag may be provided with a coating formed from silicone or some other similar material.
- an air-bag the air-bag being provided with an aperture adapted to receive a gas generator, the aperture being surrounded by a throat region, the throat region being provided with a reinforcement, the reinforcement comprising two layers of fabric which form a plurality of substantially hermetically sealed cells.
- the reinforcement is a separate reinforcement element which is additional to the fabric of the air-bag.
- the reinforcement is formed using a one-piece weaving technique.
- At least the reinforcement is provided with a silicone coating.
- the reinforcement is woven in 470 Dtex yarn.
- the reinforcement is woven in 350-235 Dtex yarn.
- FIGURE 1 illustrates part of an air-bag provided with a reinforcement
- FIGURE 2 illustrates part of the air-bag of Figure 1 in combination with a gas generator
- FIGURE 3 is an enlarged view of part of Figure 2
- FIGURE 4 is an enlarged view of part of Figure 3.
- FIG. 1 part of an air-bag 1 formed from an appropriate fabric is shown, the air-bag having an aperture 2 adapted to receive part of a gas generator, as will be described hereinafter.
- the air-bag is provided with a separate reinforcement sheet element 3 of annular form, having a central aperture of the same size and shape as the aperture 2.
- the annular reinforcement element 3 is adapted to lie in the throat region of the air-bag, that is to say the region immediately surrounding the aperture 2.
- the reinforcement element 3 is formed using a one-piece weaving technique. Such a technique is well known in the manufacture of air-bags. In using a one-piece weaving technique it is possible to weave two layers of fabric simultaneously with the weft yarns of the layers of fabric becoming interwoven between the layers of fabric so as to secure the layers of fabric together in predetermined regions to form seams or the like. In the preferred embodiment of the invention a double-woven fabric is utilised using an interchange matrix construction which may have a silicone coating.
- the fabric may be woven using a 470 Dtex yarn, although it may be preferable to weave the fabric using a 350-235 Dtex yarn in order to improve the inherent gas-tightness of the fabric.
- the reinforcement element 3 is woven to form two layers of fabric that are selectively interconnected to form a plurality of adjacent substantially hermetically sealed cells or chambers 4.
- the cells or chambers 4 are shown, in Figure 1, as being of "diamond" configuration, but the cells may be of any convenient shape or configuration.
- the cells may be contiguous, or may be spaced-apart slightly by portions of the reinforcement element which do not form part of the cell.
- the cells may be of a honeycomb form, or a diamond pattern form, or even an offset block form, thus having a pattern resembling that of a brick wall. Cells of any particular shape may be split, and thus the details of the design of the cells are not crucial to the present invention.
- the gas generator 5 is of conventional form having a housing which has a relatively large diameter portion 6 adapted to be located within the air-bag, and a smaller diameter portion 7 adapted to extend through the central hole in the reinforcement element 3, and through the aperture 2 formed in the air-bag 1.
- the gas generator is shown mounted on a support 8.
- the larger diameter portion 6 of the air-bag housing is provided with studs 9 which extend through apertures provided for that purpose within the reinforcement element 3, the fabric of the air-bag 1 and the support 8.
- the studs may co-operate with nuts (not shown) to secure the housing in position. This technique for securing a gas generator housing in position with an air-bag is conventional.
- the outer periphery of the larger diameter portion 6 of the housing of the gas generator 5 is provided with apertures 10 through which gas 11 will emerge when the gas generator is actuated.
- the gas will, as it emerges from the gas generator, come into contact with the reinforcement element 3. If the gas is hot gas, because the gas generator is a pyrotechnic gas generator, or if the gas is warm gas, because the gas generator is a hybrid gas generator, the gas will inevitably warm up the air contained within the hermetically sealed cells 4 within the reinforcement element 3. The cells will consequently expand.
- the air trapped within the cells will act as a thermal insulation layer, and thus the reinforcement element 3, when the air in the cells has expanded, will provide good thermal insulation properties, thus minimising the risk of the fabric of the air-bag becoming comprised in any way.
- the reinforcement element 3 of the preferred embodiment of the invention is capable of withstanding the aggressive flow of gas that emerges through the apertures 10, at least during an initial stage of deployment of the air-bag.
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DE10392409T DE10392409B4 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2003-03-11 | air bag |
AU2003214742A AU2003214742A1 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2003-03-11 | An air-bag |
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GB0207244.5 | 2002-03-27 | ||
GB0207244A GB2386870B (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2002-03-27 | Improvements in or relating to an air-bag |
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PCT/SE2003/000399 WO2003080402A1 (en) | 2002-03-27 | 2003-03-11 | An air-bag |
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DE (1) | DE10392409B4 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2386870B (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003080402A1 (en) |
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EP1726492A3 (en) * | 2005-05-24 | 2008-07-16 | TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH | Airbag |
EP3305603A1 (en) * | 2016-10-07 | 2018-04-11 | Autoliv Development AB | An air-bag |
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US5131677A (en) * | 1990-03-29 | 1992-07-21 | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | Air bag device |
US5294148A (en) * | 1991-07-29 | 1994-03-15 | Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. | Reinforcement structure for vehicle airbag and method of producing the same |
US5447330A (en) * | 1992-10-30 | 1995-09-05 | Takata Corporation | Air bag having flameproof sheet protecting inflator and vent region |
FR2724144A1 (en) * | 1994-09-02 | 1996-03-08 | Aerazur | Method for assembly of air bags by sewing |
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- 2002-03-27 GB GB0207244A patent/GB2386870B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 2003-03-11 WO PCT/SE2003/000399 patent/WO2003080402A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2003-03-11 AU AU2003214742A patent/AU2003214742A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-03-11 DE DE10392409T patent/DE10392409B4/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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US5131677A (en) * | 1990-03-29 | 1992-07-21 | Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | Air bag device |
US5294148A (en) * | 1991-07-29 | 1994-03-15 | Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. | Reinforcement structure for vehicle airbag and method of producing the same |
US5447330A (en) * | 1992-10-30 | 1995-09-05 | Takata Corporation | Air bag having flameproof sheet protecting inflator and vent region |
FR2724144A1 (en) * | 1994-09-02 | 1996-03-08 | Aerazur | Method for assembly of air bags by sewing |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1726492A3 (en) * | 2005-05-24 | 2008-07-16 | TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH | Airbag |
EP3305603A1 (en) * | 2016-10-07 | 2018-04-11 | Autoliv Development AB | An air-bag |
WO2018065477A1 (en) * | 2016-10-07 | 2018-04-12 | Autoliv Development Ab | An air-bag |
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DE10392409T5 (en) | 2005-06-30 |
DE10392409B4 (en) | 2006-07-13 |
GB2386870A (en) | 2003-10-01 |
GB2386870B (en) | 2005-03-16 |
AU2003214742A1 (en) | 2003-10-08 |
GB0207244D0 (en) | 2002-05-08 |
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