WO2008016160A1 - Porte d'airbag, procédé de contrôle de rupture de ligne de rupture, et procédé de gonflement d'airbag - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an air bag door formed invisible on various vehicle interior materials having a skin on a base material, a tear line breakage control method for the air bag door, and an air bag deployment method when the air bag door breaks.
- the present invention firstly relates to tear processing for the base material and the skin so that the base material and the skin break at a suitable site-by-site breaking mechanism when the airbag is inflated.
- the present invention relates to airbag doors that have been subjected to tearing for breaking.
- the present invention relates to a tear line break control method for breaking a tear line of an airbag door in a desired and suitable pattern when the airbag is deployed.
- the present invention relates to an airbag deployment method for guiding an airbag to be deployed in an optimum direction by a simple device when a vehicle such as an automobile receives an impact. Background art
- an airbag device provided for a passenger seat of an automobile is generally disposed on the back side of an instrument panel which is a vehicle interior material.
- a continuous tear groove in the shape of an airbag door is formed on the back surface of the panel base material at the corresponding portion of the instrument panel as a primary tearing process.
- This tear groove is often formed in the shape of a double-opening airbag door consisting of a pair of doors. Then, a secondary tearing process is performed on the bottom of the tear groove. With these tearing processes, the airbag door is configured to quickly break and open based on the inflation pressure when the airbag is deployed.
- various vehicle interior materials such as instrument panels are usually foamed on the base material. It is common to make a laminated structure with an epidermis through 17 layers. As such, the tearing of the laminated structure requires a tearing process that can break the base material and the skin, apart from the foam layer with extremely low breaking resistance.
- the formation of the tear groove belongs to a tear process for breaking the substrate. These tear processes are performed from the base material side which is the back side of the vehicle interior material in consideration of so-called invisible 1 to raw.
- the airbag door disclosed in the above-mentioned document 1 has a tear line provided on an instrument panel provided with at least a core material and a surface material.
- This tear line consists of two deep and shallow holes that are intermittently formed in a dashed line from the back side of the instrument panel. There is no disclosure regarding the formation of the tear groove. The deep hole penetrates the core material and reaches the surface material, and the shallow hole does not reach the surface material.
- the tear line structure of the airbag door disclosed in Document 2 above is provided on an instrument panel in which a base material, a foamed resin layer, and a skin are laminated.
- a long hole-shaped removal part 11 that penetrates the base material and reaches the middle of the foamed resin layer, and penetrates the base material and the foamed resin layer to the epidermis. It has a dot-shaped hole 6 that reaches it.
- the dot-like holes 6 are formed intermittently in a broken line shape.
- a continuous groove portion including a central tear line and a pair of end tear lines is formed.
- the groove is deeply provided with a gap in the groove. Furthermore, the depth of the groove is increased in the vicinity of the central portion of the central tear line.
- the flange member of the airbag apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned document 4 is also provided with a concave line so as to form a tear line that is torn when the airbag is inflated.
- the recesses are provided with recesses at intervals.
- the groove in the tear line where the cleavage should start is formed deeper than the groove in the other part.
- the configuration of the tear line when the lid member is accompanied by an epidermis is not disclosed.
- the airbag door in the airbag door tear line formed on the vehicle interior material with the skin, depending on the contents of tear processing in each part of the tear line, the airbag door at the time of airbag deployment The rupture pattern changes greatly. When the airbag door is ruptured / opened, it is important that the base material and the skin are ruptured in the preferred rupture order for each region and in synchronization with each other.
- Documents 3 and 4 recognize a technology that regulates the depth of the groove of the air bag door shape provided in the air bag storage force par and the like for each part, and regulates the breakage order of each part.
- these are premised on tearing the base material without the skin, there is no disclosure regarding tearing of the skin.
- means for regulating the rupture order for each part of the epidermis, or means for regulating the rupture order for each part of the epidermis in synchronism with the rupture order for each part of the substrate are absolutely no disclosure of means for regulating the rupture order for each part of the epidermis, or means for regulating the rupture order for each part of the epidermis in synchronism with the rupture order for each part of the substrate.
- the distribution of the processing site in the entire tear line is greatly different between the regulation of the base material breaking order and the regulation of the skin breaking order. For this reason, it is difficult to conceive of the means for regulating the order of breakage of the epidermis according to the analogy from the means for regulating the order of breakage of each part of the substrate described in Documents 3 and 4. It is even more difficult to conceive of a means for regulating the rupture order for each part of the epidermis in synchronism with the rupture order for each part of the substrate.
- the airbag In an airbag device provided in a vehicle such as an automobile, the airbag is housed in an appropriate part of the vehicle interior material while being covered by an air bag door. When the vehicle is impacted, the airbag is inflated, and the airbag door is broken and opened by the inflation pressure, and the airbag is expanded into the vehicle compartment.
- the force par body of the airbag device is formed with a substantially H-shaped tear line and an extended tear line having a certain configuration extending from the tear line.
- This extended tear line can be deformed so that the ends on both sides of the pair of door planned portions are warped in the opposite direction when the airbag device is activated.
- the deployed airbag is deployed in the optimal direction for occupant protection. So there is no problem.
- an airbag device when an airbag device is provided on an instrument panel, there are restrictions on the layout with various other mounting parts.
- the instrument panel itself also has a certain surface shape. Because of these point forces, it is often necessary to set the airbag device on the upper side of the instrument panel or a part close to it. In such a case, the airbag is basically deployed upward. This is not necessarily the best deployment for occupant protection Not a direction.
- the pair of door bodies are configured symmetrically. Therefore, it is considered that when the airbag is inflated, the pair of doors opens in a line-symmetric fashion, and the airbag extends straight from the middle of both doors.
- the airbag device described in Document 5 has a characteristic extended tear line, the effect is limited to partial suppression of airbag expansion and the action of guiding the airbag deployment direction is recognized. Absent.
- the above situation is not limited to airbag devices set on the instrument panel of automobiles.
- an airbag device is provided on the ceiling of a vehicle such as an automobile, the rear surface of a front seat, the rear deck of an automobile, etc., there are many cases where it is expected to guide the airbag deployment direction in an optimal direction. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention provides a tear bag door and a tear line break control method embodied in such a tear bag door.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for guiding an airbag that inflates when a vehicle such as an automobile is impacted so as to be deployed in an optimum direction.
- a continuous tear groove having an airbag door shape having a pair of doors is formed on the back surface of the base material of the vehicle interior material with a skin, and the base material penetrates from the bottom of the tear groove to reach the skin.
- the groove portion of the center line of the airbag door is adjusted by adjusting the groove depth.
- the dot-like tear hole is formed in the vicinity of the groove portion of the center line and the meeting portion where the pair of side lines of the airbag door meets the center line. It is the airbag door selectively formed in the groove part.
- the dot tear hole for breaking the skin is formed from the bottom of the tear groove for breaking the base material formed continuously in the shape of the air bag door, the base bag and the skin are formed. And breaking is ensured.
- the depth of the tear groove which is a part of the tearing process for the base material breakage, is increased, in other words, the base material remaining thickness at that part is set smaller than other parts. ing.
- dot tear holes for breaking the skin are also selectively formed in the groove of the center line. For this reason, the base material and the skin start in synchronism from the centerline portion of the airbag door, and the correct order of rupture is ensured.
- the skin has an important influence on the fracture of the base material at the side line of the airbag door. If the skin does not break at the sideline part, the breakage of the sideline part of the base material is hindered by excessive restraint (stretch resistance) of the skin. On the other hand, if a dot-like tear hole is provided in the entire side line, the skin is broken without resistance along the side line, and the control of the skin with respect to the breakage of the substrate becomes ineffective. In this case as well, it has been found that the correctness and breakage of the airbag door cannot be secured.
- dot-like tear holes are selectively formed also in the groove portion in the vicinity of the meeting portion where the side line of the airbag door meets the center line.
- the side line part of the skin is also broken at the meeting part. For this reason, there is no risk that the substrate breakage at the side line portion is hindered by excessive restraint of the skin, and at the same time, the control effect of the skin against the substrate breakage at the side line portion is maintained.
- the base material and the epidermis are favorably broken in a suitable part-by-part breaking order when the airbag is inflated and deployed.
- a quick and reliable deployment mode of the airbag it is possible to secure a quick and reliable deployment mode of the airbag, to ensure that the base material breaks at the side lines on both sides, and the base material can be clearly broken to interfere with the deployed airbag.
- long hole-like tear holes that pass through the base material and do not reach the epidermis are formed at intervals from the bottom of the tear groove, and The dot-shaped tear holes were formed at intervals in the bottom of the hole-shaped tear holes and in the portions where the elongated hole-shaped tear holes were not formed.
- the “long hole-shaped tear hole” refers to a tiered portion that has been narrowly elongated or linearly pressed.
- the “dotted tear hole” refers to a tiered portion cut in a dot shape.
- the base material breakage can be further ensured by the elongated hole formed in the tear groove.
- the reference depth of the tear groove can be relatively increased instead of forming the long hole-like tear hole.
- the dot-shaped tear holes are formed at intervals in the bottom of the long hole-shaped tear holes and in the part where the long hole-shaped tear holes are not formed, the surface of the skin by the dot-shaped tear holes is formed. The breaking effect is ensured as in the first invention.
- the base material remaining thickness of the groove portion of the centerline is set to be particularly small in the center portion of the centerline, and the dot-like tear hole Are provided at a particularly high density in the groove portion in the center of the center line and in the groove portion in the vicinity of the meeting portion.
- the breakage order of each part of the airbag door described above is ensured more reliably and smoothly. That is,
- the vehicle interior material includes a skin on the base material via a foam material layer.
- the vehicle interior material forming the airbag door is not limited, but a vehicle interior material having a skin through a foam material layer is preferable.
- the long hole-like tear hole can be provided so as to penetrate the base material and reach the foam material layer.
- the foam layer is very easy to break, so the presence of the foam layer does not affect the breakage of the base material and the skin.
- a dot-shaped tear hole is formed from both ends of the center line further outward than the meeting portion.
- a tear line tear line was extended.
- This tear line tear line is formed as an extension of the center line in the airbag door tear line, but it consists only of dot-like tear holes, with tear grooves and elongated hole holes. Absent.
- the base material of the side line portion does not break well, the pair of doors of the airbag door may not be opened sufficiently, which may hinder the full deployment of the airbag.
- the tear line tearing line in addition to selectively forming dot-like tear holes in the vicinity of the meeting part as in the first invention, the tear line tearing line is extended outward from both ends of the center line. Therefore, the skin is further broken along the tear line tear line. As a result, excessive restraint of the skin against the fracture of the base material at the side line portion (excessive tension resistance of the skin) can be further suppressed. Therefore, the breakage of the side line can be ensured better. In the tear line tear line part, only the skin break occurs and the substrate does not break.
- the tear line for tearing the skin is provided at both ends of the center line with a refraction angle in a direction in which the deployment direction when the airbag is inflated is desired to be guided. It extended from the part to the outside.
- the door body located in the direction in which the tear line for tearing the skin breaks in one pair of door bodies (the former door body) receives almost no skin tension resistance and is sufficiently Open the door to a large opening angle.
- the other door body is subject to the tension resistance of the skin and can only be opened to a small opening angle.
- the air bag door when an air bag device is provided on an instrument panel, the air bag door must be set on the upper side of the panel, etc., because of the layout relationship with other various mounting parts and the surface shape of the instrument panel itself. There are many cases where it is not possible to obtain. In such a case, the airbag is basically deployed upward, and it cannot be said that the airbag is necessarily deployed in an optimal direction for occupant protection.
- the sixth aspect of the invention it is possible to guide the deployment direction when the airbag is inflated in an optimum direction, obliquely upward from the instrument panel toward the rear (passenger seat direction). Not only in this case, but in general, the direction of deployment when the airbag is inflated can be guided to the optimum direction for occupant protection.
- the seventh invention of the present application is set as a vehicle interior material with a skin, and forms a continuous tear groove in the shape of an airbag door having a pair of doors on the back surface of the base material of the vehicle interior material, and from the bottom of the tear groove. Constitutes a tear line for air bag doors that is formed with spaced dot-like tear holes that penetrate the base material and reach the epidermis.
- the tear line break control method controls the base material and the skin to break in the order of breaks synchronized with each other when the airbag is deployed. is there.
- the order of breakage of each part of the base material can be controlled by adjusting the groove depth of the tear groove.
- the selective setting of the dotted tear holes in the tear line can control the order of breakage of each part of the epidermis with little effect on the breakage of the substrate. Therefore, according to the shape of the airbag door tear line and the desired form of breakage of the airbag door, adjustment of the depth of the tear groove and the selective setting of the dotted tear holes should be suitably designed. By this, it is possible to control the base material and the skin so that they break in the order of site-specific breaking order.
- the adjustment of the groove depth of the tear groove according to the seventh invention is to set the remaining thickness of the base material of the groove portion of the center line of the airbag door to be smaller than other portions
- the selective setting of the cup-shaped tear holes is to form the dot-shaped tear holes at the groove part of the center line and the groove part near the meeting part where the pair of side lines of the airbag door meet the center line.
- the tear line breaking control method of the eighth aspect of the invention a correct breaking order is ensured in which the base material and the skin start breaking in synchronization from the center line portion of the air bag door. At that time, as described above with respect to the first invention, there is no fear that the breakage of the base material in the side line portion is hindered by excessive restraint of the skin, and at the same time, The skin control effect is also maintained.
- the gap between the bottom of the tear groove is a long hole that penetrates the base material and does not reach the epidermis!
- the dot-shaped tape is formed in the bottom portion of the long hole-shaped tear hole and the portion where the long hole-shaped tear hole is not formed. Via holes are formed at intervals.
- the base material breakage is further ensured by the elongated hole formed in the tear groove.
- the dotted tear holes are formed at intervals in the bottom of the elongated hole and the part where the elongated tear hole is not formed, the effect of rupturing the skin by the dotted tear hole is 8 Secured in the same way as the invention.
- the tearing tear tier constituted by dot-like pierced holes from the both ends of the center line according to any of the seventh to ninth inventions further outward than the meeting portion.
- the line was extended linearly or with a refraction angle.
- the part-by-part breaking order of the base material and the skin according to any of the seventh invention to the 10th invention is the following order (1) to (3).
- the airbag opening direction can be guided using the opening angle of the airbag door regulated by the opening angle regulating means. That is, a new and simple device is provided for deploying an airbag that expands when a vehicle such as an automobile receives an impact in an optimal direction.
- the tension resistance of the skin when the air bag door breaks and opens as the door opening angle regulating means Using the, guide the airbag deployment direction to the refraction angle direction of the skin breaking tear line.
- the deployment direction of the air bag can be guided in the direction of the refraction angle of the tear line breaking tear line. Therefore, the deployment direction when the airbag is inflated can be guided in an optimal direction for occupant protection.
- FIG. 1 is a view showing the overall shape of an airbag door according to Example 1 as viewed from the back side of an instrument panel.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a view showing a configuration of a specific part of the tear groove according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a view showing a configuration of a specific portion of the tier groove according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a view showing a structure of a tear breaking tear line according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the effect of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an overall shape of the airbag door according to the second embodiment viewed from the back side of the instrument panel.
- the airbag door according to the present invention is formed on a vehicle interior material with a skin.
- vehicle interior material is not limited, but preferred examples include automotive fittings. More specifically, automotive instrument panels, ceiling materials, front seat rear materials, rear deck materials, pillar gars, etc. Nissi etc. are exemplified.
- a vehicle interior material with a skin in addition to a material in which the skin is formed directly on the base material of the vehicle interior material, a material in which a skin is formed on the base material through an intermediate layer, for example, a foam material layer, is more preferable. Can be mentioned.
- An adhesive layer can be interposed between the base material and the foam layer.
- the base material, the foam material layer, and the constituent material of the skin can be appropriately selected.
- an appropriate thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene is used for the constituent material of the base material
- foamed polypropylene or foamed polyurethane is used for the constituent material of the foam layer
- the constituent material of the skin is appropriate.
- polyolefins can be used.
- a vehicle interior material having a skin on a base material through a foam material layer is, for example, a concave vacuum forming method in which a skin having a foam material layer laminated on the back surface is vacuum-formed and simultaneously pressure-molded to the base material.
- Can be advantageously manufactured not only the tear groove but also the long hole-like hole and the dot-like hole are formed from the base material side (the back side of the vehicle interior material) after the formation of the laminated body.
- various known processing means in this type of processing for example, end mill processing, laser processing, etc. can be arbitrarily adopted. End milling is preferred.
- the shape of the airbag door is a force defined by a continuous tear groove formed on the back surface of the base material.
- the airbag door is a double-opening airbag door composed of a pair of door bodies. It is also possible to make a single-opening type airbag door consisting of a single door.
- the door body can be connected to a known air bag retainer on the back side via a hinge member.
- a continuous tear groove in the shape of an air bag door is formed on the back of the base material of the vehicle interior material with skin. From the bottom of the tear groove, at least dot-like tear holes are provided at intervals in the direction of the epidermis, and preferably long hole-like tear holes are provided at intervals.
- the overall shape of the tear groove is 65317 Force that is arbitrary according to the shape of the airbag door to be formed For example, in a double door type airbag door, the shape of the Chinese character ⁇ day '' or the alphabet The shape of the letter “H”.
- the remaining thickness of the base material at each ridge is defined by the depth of the tear groove at that location.
- the tier groove is formed at a certain standard depth as a whole.
- the reference depth can be arbitrarily determined as necessary, but can be, for example, about half the thickness of the substrate (half cut).
- the tear groove is formed deeper in the groove portion of the center line of the airbag door, and more preferably deeper in the groove portion in the center portion of the center line.
- the base material thickness is A
- the remaining base material thickness B at the center line groove B Can be set to about B-0.3 A to 0.5 A
- the difference in the remaining thickness of the base material defines the likelihood of breakage by site in the groove portion of the base material.
- the long hole-like tear hole is formed from the bottom of the tear groove to a depth that penetrates the base material and does not reach the skin along the tear groove forming direction. “Through the base material does not reach the skin” means that the skin is formed on the base material as well as when the skin is formed on the base material through a foam layer or the like. It penetrates the base material but does not lead to perforation of the epidermis. When a foam material layer or the like is interposed, the long hole-shaped tear hole is usually formed to a depth reaching the foam material layer or the like.
- the setting part and the setting frequency of the long hole-like tear hole in the tear groove are not particularly limited as long as the breakage and opening of the base material constituting the air bag door can be secured and the effect of the present invention is not hindered.
- long hole-like tear holes having a constant long diameter at constant intervals over the entire portion of the tear groove can be formed.
- the ratio between the long diameter Pd of the long hole tier hole and the length of the portion where the long hole tier hole is not formed in the tier groove (interval of the long hole tier hole) Pn is not limited.
- the dot-like tear hole is a dot-like cut hole formed at a depth that penetrates the base material and reaches the epidermis.
- a foam layer When a foam layer is interposed between the substrate and the skin, the foam layer also penetrates. However, it does not penetrate the skin, and the squeezing force reaches the skin at a depth where there is no possibility that the trace of processing will become visible from the inside of the vehicle interior due to thermal strain after tearing.
- the dot-like tear holes are selectively provided in the groove portion of the center line and the groove portion in the vicinity of the meeting portion where the pair of side lines of the airbag door meets the center line. More preferably, it is provided at a particularly high density in the groove portion in the center portion of the center line and in the groove portion in the vicinity of the meeting portion.
- the “groove near the meeting part” means the center line groove and the side line groove near the part where the center line and the side line meet in a letter shape.
- Dot tear holes are usually formed in a linear array.
- the set density that is, the interval between the mutual arrangements is appropriately set in consideration of the pore diameter, the breaking strength of the skin, etc., so the relative set density can be defined, but the absolute set density It is difficult to prescribe uniformly. However, it is preferable to secure an interval of 1 mm or more at the highest setting density portion for the arrangement of the dot-shaped tier holes.
- the dot-shaped tear hole may be provided at the bottom of the elongated hole-shaped tear hole, or may be provided at a portion of the tear groove where the elongated hole-shaped tear hole is not formed. There is no difference in the effect as tear processing for skin rupture regardless of which is provided.
- the hole diameter of the dot-shaped tear hole can be appropriately set. For example, a hole diameter of about 1 mm is preferable.
- the tear line tear line is a tear line that extends from the both ends of the center line further outward than the above-mentioned meeting part in an airbag door composed of a double door. In this tear line, only dot-shaped tear holes are formed, and neither tear grooves nor elongated hole holes are formed.
- the extending shape of the tear line tear line is not limited, but is preferably extended linearly without being refracted from the center line, and more preferably in the direction in which the deployment direction when the air bag bulges is desired to be guided. It extends linearly with a refraction angle of. “Linear” means substantially linear If it is enough. The above refraction angle may be arbitrarily determined according to the requirements in the design specifications, but can preferably be about 30 °.
- the entire length of the tear line tear line is not particularly limited, and is arbitrarily determined according to the design requirements. For example, it can be about 5 O mm to 15 O mm.
- the tear line break control method relates to control of tearing of a tear line for an air bag door set in a vehicle interior material with a skin.
- the purpose of the control is to break the base material and the epidermis in a synchronized order by site when the airbag is deployed.
- the vehicle interior material with a skin include those in which the skin is directly formed on the base material of the vehicle interior material and those in which the skin is formed on the base material through an intermediate layer such as a foam material layer.
- the tear line breaking control method is performed by combining the following first and second means, and more preferably the following third means.
- the first means is a means for controlling the order of breakage of each part of the base material, and in the airbag door-shaped continuous tear groove formed on the back surface of the base material, the groove depth is adjusted for each part of the tear line. It is to be.
- the long hole-shaped tear hole may be formed.
- the second means is a means for controlling the rupture order of each part of the epidermis. A dot-like tear hole formed so as to penetrate the base material from the bottom of the tear groove to reach the epidermis is defined as a specific part of the tear line. To selectively set.
- the tear groove is formed deeper in the groove portion of the center line of the airbag door, and the dot-like tear hole is formed in the groove portion of the center line and the groove portion in the vicinity of the meeting portion. And selectively formed. More preferably, the tear groove is particularly deeply formed in the center line of the center line, and the dot-like hole is formed in the center line of the center line and in the vicinity of the meeting part. Provided with high density.
- the third means is a means for controlling the rupture order for each part of the epidermis, and the skin rupture tear line composed of dot-like tear holes is linearly extended from both ends of the center line to the outside of the meeting part. Or it is extending with a refraction angle. JP2007 / 065317
- Synchronized site-by-site break order refers to an orderly site-by-site site-by-site break order that allows a quick and reliable deployment of the airbag to be successfully achieved. Therefore, it does not necessarily mean that the base material and the skin are simultaneously broken in the same part-by-site breaking order, and it is not uniform depending on the shape of the air bag door tierline.
- the airbag door is composed of a pair of double-opening door bodies, the following (1) or (3) order is preferred as a suitable example of the synchronized breaking order of the base material and the skin. Breaking is mentioned.
- the airbag deployment method regulates the opening angle of the airbag door by the opening angle regulating means when the airbag stored in the vehicle interior material with the skin is inflated at the time of impact.
- the opening direction of the airbag is guided using the opening angle of the door.
- the type and shape of the airbag door is not limited as long as it is configured as a so-called “folding door type”, and includes, for example, a single swing type and a double swing type.
- the contents of the door opening angle restricting means are not particularly limited, and the door opening angle restricting means based on any configuration and action mechanism can be adopted. For example, a method using the tension resistance of the skin layer and a method using a stagger that stops the opening operation of the airbag door at a certain opening angle can be preferably exemplified.
- the restriction on the opening angle of the airbag door is preferably 90 ° or less with respect to the wall surface of the airbag door setting portion. Even if the opening angle exceeds 90 °, it is difficult to expect a positive guiding action in the direction of airbag deployment. More preferably, the opening angle of the airbag door is regulated within a range of 45 ° to 90 °.
- the air bag door is a double door that consists of a pair of doors, the direction in which the airbag is deployed using one door and the opening angle of both doors is used. This may be the case for guiding In the case where the door bag deployment direction is guided by one door body, the opening angle of the other door body does not need to be specifically restricted. In the case of guiding the airbag deployment direction using the opening angle of both doors,
- the pair of door bodies be restricted to different opening angles by the opening angle restriction means.
- a particularly preferable airbag deployment method is a method in which the tension resistance of the skin when the airbag door is broken open is used as the opening angle control means in the vehicle interior material with the skin. More preferably, by using the air bag door described in the sixth invention as an air bag door, the air bag deployment direction is guided in the refraction angle direction of the skin breaking tear line based on the above-described action with respect to the sixth invention. Is the method.
- Example 1 the tension resistance of the skin when the airbag door is broken open is used as the opening angle control means in the vehicle interior material with the skin.
- the airbag door 1 of the present embodiment is formed on an instrument panel of an automobile.
- the airbag door 1 as seen from the back side of the instrument panel is shown in FIG. 1, and a cross-sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG.
- the instrument panel is a laminated structure in which a foam material layer 3 and a skin 4 are formed on a base material 2.
- the base material 2 that forms the back of the instrument panel is made of polypropylene and has a thickness of 3 mm.
- the foam material layer 3 is in contact with the base material 2 and is made of expanded polypropylene and is a layer having a thickness of about 2 mm.
- the skin 4 in contact with the foam layer 3 constitutes the surface of the instrument panel, is made of polyolefin, and has a thickness of about 0.6 mm.
- air bag door 1 consisting of a pair of double-opening doors 6 is formed on the back surface of base material 2 by continuously providing tear grooves 5 in the shape of a Chinese character ⁇ day ''. Forming.
- the width of the tier groove 5 is l mm.
- a retainer 7 for attaching an airbag is attached to the back surface of the instrument panel at a position corresponding to the airbag door 1 by vibration welding.
- the retainer 7 and a pair of door bodies 6 are These are connected to the retainer 7 through hinge members formed integrally. This prevents the airbag door 1 from being scattered when the airbag is deployed. In FIG. 1, the retainer 7 is not shown.
- the tier groove 5 corresponds to the center line 8 that is the boundary line of the pair of door bodies 6, the side lines 9 on both sides corresponding to both ends of the door bodies 6, and the upper and lower ends of the air bag door 1. It consists of upper and lower horizontal lines 1 ° parallel to the center line 8. In the tier groove 5, there is a difference in the groove depth (remaining thickness of the base material 2) for each part.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a cross-sectional view along the groove direction of the tier groove 5 at the site of the horizontal line 10.
- FIG. 3 (b) is a plan view of the tier groove 5 in this portion.
- the groove is formed relatively deep, and the remaining thickness B of the base material 2 is reduced. That is, in the portion of the center line 8, in the portion of the side portion 12 adjacent to both sides of the central portion 11, the illustration is omitted, but the remaining thickness B of the base material 2 is 1.3 mm. In the central portion 11 of the center line 8, as shown in FIG. 4 which is a cross-sectional view along the groove direction of the tear groove 5 at this portion, the remaining thickness B of the base material 2 is further smaller, 1. O mm. .
- long hole-like tear holes 1 that penetrate the base material 2 and reach the foam material layer 3 from the bottom of all portions of the tear groove 5 as shown in FIG. 3 is provided intermittently at regular intervals.
- the elongated hole-like hole 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the short diameter of the long hole-shaped tear hole 13 is l mm which matches the width of the tear groove 5.
- the long diameter of the elongated hole 13 is uniformly 4 nmi, and the portion 14 where the elongated hole 13 is not formed, that is, the interval 14 of the elongated hole 13 is uniformly 6 mm. .
- dot-shaped tear holes 15 that penetrate through the base material 2 and the foam material layer 3 and reach the skin 4 are also provided depending on the part.
- the diameter of the dotted tier hole 15 is l mm which matches the width of the tier groove 5.
- This dotted tier hole 15 has a center line 8 part, Select side line 9 near the meeting point 16 where it meets the center line 8 in a T-shape, and provide a particularly high density at the center 11 1 and near the meeting point 16 of the center line 8. .
- FIG. 4 (a) is a cross-sectional view along the groove direction of the tear groove 5 at the central portion 11 of the center line 8
- FIG. 4 (b) is a plan view of the tear groove 5 at this portion. It is.
- the dot-like tear holes 15 having a diameter of 1 mm are provided at intervals of 1 mm, the elongated hole-like holes 13 are not formed.
- the dot-shaped tear holes 15 are provided from both the portion 14 and the bottom of the long hole-shaped tear holes 13.
- dot-like tear holes 15 are provided at the same density.
- the side portions 12 of the center line 8 are provided with dot-like tear holes 15 with a slightly coarser density.
- the width of the tear groove 5 described above, the short diameter of the long hole-like hole 13 and the diameter of the dot-like hole 15 are all equal to l mm, for example, the same end mill is used in the same process and continuously. Can be formed.
- the airbag door 1 is further provided with a tear line tear line 17.
- the skin breaking tear line 17 has a shape extending from both ends of the center line 8 to the outside further than the meeting part with the side line 9, and is approximately 30 ° in the direction of arrow D. It extends linearly with a refraction angle.
- FIG. 5 (a) is a sectional view along the tear breaking tear line 17
- FIG. 5 (b) is a plan view of this part.
- the tear breaking tear line 17 is formed only by the arrangement of the dot-like tear holes 15, and neither the tear groove 5 nor the long hole-like tear hole 13 is accompanied.
- the density at which the dot-like tear holes 15 are provided is preferably relatively high. In this embodiment, the density is equal to that of the central portion 11 of the center line 8 shown in FIG.
- the airbag door 1 of the present embodiment is configured as described above, the following tear line breakage control method and airbag deployment method can be realized as its operation and effect.
- the base 2 and the skin 4 have the weakest breaking strength. Start breaking at the central part 1 1 of tar line 8. Next, the momentum of the breakage extends to the entire centerline 8 having a relatively low breaking strength, and the entire centerline 8 breaks at a stretch.
- the breaking operation in the direction of the center line 8 is smoothly switched to the breaking operation of the side line 9 in a direction intersecting at a substantially right angle substantially in synchronism.
- sideline 9 except for the vicinity of the meeting place 16 except for the dot-like tier hole 15, only the base material 2 is mainly broken, leading to the opening operation of the pair of door bodies 6. Neighboring dot-like holes provided at high density in the vicinity of the meeting area 16
- the base material 2 and the skin 4 are favorably broken in a suitable site-by-site breaking order when the air bag is inflated and deployed.
- the skin breaking tear line 17 is linearly extended from both ends of the center line 8 with a refraction angle of about 30 °, the following functions and effects are also ensured.
- Fig. 6 (a) when the pair of door bodies 6 of the airbag door 1 is about to open, only the skin 4 is in the direction of the arrow D in the portion of the skin breaking tear line 17. Breaks linearly with refraction. Therefore, the door 6 located in the direction of the arrow D (the door on the right side of the figure) is largely open without receiving the resistance of the skin 4 but the door 6 on the left side of the figure is The door can only be opened to a small opening angle due to resistance. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the deployment direction of the airbag 18 is restricted by the door body 6 on the left side of the drawing, and is guided in the refraction angle direction of the tear line tear line 17. Thus, the deployment direction of the airbag 18 can be guided in an optimum direction for occupant protection.
- the skin breaking tear line 17 ′ has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except that it is not refracted from the center line 8 and extends straight. is there.
- the operation 'effect of Example 2 is the same as that of Example 1 except that the operation' effect shown in Fig. 6 (a) and Fig. 6 (b) is not achieved.
- a suitable part breakage that synchronizes the base material and the skin when the airbag is inflated and deployed.
- An airbag door that breaks at the jet, and a suitable pattern for the airbag door tearline when the airbag is deployed.
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