CN201073956Y - Safety airbag having vertical groove - Google Patents
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A safety airbag (100a) comprises an independent inflatable camber (101) composed of a main sheet (102b) and a couple of side sheets (104a, 104b) which are integrated or connected along engaged edges, wherein the main sheet (102b) is provided with an upper portion (135), a front portion (126) and a lower portion. A vertically positioned groove portion (110) is provided at the forward portion of the safety airbag (100a), while the groove portion can divide the chamber (101) into two ear portions (112a, 112b). A tie band (180) is arranged in the chamber (101), which one end is connected with the groove portion (110) and the second end is anchored, to limit the forward motion of the groove portion (110) when the chamber (101) is aerated. The upper portion (135) of the main sheet (102b) extends and spans above the groove portion (110). The utility model can be used as front safety airbag, particularly as passenger side front safety airbag.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to the passenger side safety air bag from the auto meter plate development.
Background technology
Figure 13 illustrates the usual passenger side safety air bag 20 of prior art with independent inflatable chamber 330, and it is by air bag inflator device 280 inflations.The facial parts of safety air bag 200 or anter (panel) 320 bump passengers' 22 chest, shoulder and head.Away from the backrest 26 of seat 24, safety air bag bump passenger's speed can increase if the passenger sits near the position of Automobile instrument.If at air-bag deployment moment passenger's Body contact or close air bag module cover plate, the mutual action between passenger and the safety air bag can be strengthened.
In order to reduce the injury of (comprising the passenger that baby in the children, child seat and improper sitting posture orientation are taken one's seat) to the passenger, some new, more complicated air bag systems propose by using various sensors to determine passenger's weight, size or controlling airbag inflated speed as the position.These sensors are expensive and require reliability highly to guarantee that they are in the function of car opertion in the life-span.Do not have a kind of general-duty safety system can make the baby of expansion adaptation in baby seat of safety air bag, this baby seat is positioned at front-row seats towards the car rear portion.All automakers provide warning to prevent the use of this child seat or are provided for the manual invalid device of safety air bag that makes in addition.
Figure 14 shows the prior art motion, and inflatable pneumatic mattress or safety air bag can form two safety air bag 21a, and 21b is separated by interval 360 when inflation.When these airbag inflated, they adopt shape as shown in the figure, wherein 360 are positioned at passenger 22 fronts that are in normal sitting position at interval, avoid thus and the contacting of head of passenger.Safety air bag and passenger's mutual action is mainly by trunk and the shoulder of two safety air bags against the passenger.Air bag system causes that improper sitting posture passenger is subjected to too much power.
Think 1 years old American National expressway traffic safety cuncil, 3 years old, 6 years old, the women of 47.6kg (5%) testing standard separately is quite different, with the different air-bag deployment standard of proof to the scope that exceeds the normal bodily form and body weight adult-passenger.Equally, the pregnant woman has the specific demand of the baby's who guarantees that they nourish survival.
Passenger safety constraint industry attempts to provide a kind of like this passenger restraint equipment, and its potential user to maximum quantity has maximum safe range, the highest reliability and cost can bear.The quantity that complicated sensor and controller have increased parts, it has increased the risk of unit failure inherently and has caused the Redundancy Design that the engineer uses increases cost.
US7152880B1 has disclosed a kind of safety air bag, have: by independent inflatable chamber main leaf and one or that the alternate manner edge forms in conjunction with the attached a pair of lateral plate in limit, wherein main leaf has top, front portion and bottom, is formed on safety air bag vertically-oriented concave part on the part of the place ahead, this concave part is divided into inflatable chamber at two protruding pinnas, and frenulum is positioned at inflatable chamber and has the end that is attached on the groove part and second end of grappling, and concave part moves forward during the inflation of restricted charging chamber thus.
Summary of the invention
At existing above-mentioned deficiency in the prior art, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of frontal airbag that is used to protect all size passenger (adult and children), and this safety air bag need not to spend extra sensor-based system and control system.
To achieve these goals, the utility model provides a kind of safety air bag, comprise: by main leaf be incorporated into matched edges or independent inflatable chamber that otherwise attached a pair of lateral plate forms along matched edges, wherein said main leaf has top, front portion and bottom; The groove part of the vertical extension that on the part of described safety air bag face forward, forms, described groove part is divided into two protruding pinnas with described inflatable chamber; And frenulum, described frenulum is positioned at described inflatable chamber and has an end to be attached to described groove part and other end grappling, limiting described groove part thus travels forward when described inflatable chamber is inflated, its characteristics are that the top of described main leaf extends across the upper area of described groove part.
Owing to possess above-mentioned technical characterictic, in safety air bag of the present utility model, when bumping, the top of main leaf is clashed into by the passenger, but top has enough resilient mounting passengers, absorbs collision energy simultaneously and the suitable support injury to head of passenger when reducing collision is provided.
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Fig. 1 shows the gas filed safety air bag according to US7152880B1.
Figure 1A is that the safety air bag of Fig. 1 is with respect to the Windshield of vehicle and the block diagram of seat.Partly removed the right side sheet so that the inside of safety air bag to be shown.
Figure 1B is the birds-eye view of the safety air bag of Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 C is the block diagram of another safety air bag; Removed part right side sheet.
Fig. 1 D is the birds-eye view of the safety air bag of Fig. 1 C.
Fig. 1 E is another block diagram of the safety air bag of Fig. 1 C, has complete right side sheet and the optional vent on one or two lateral plate.
Fig. 2 is the view of various airbag units before being stitched together of safety air bag shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 2 A shows another embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 B shows the useful planar view that is used for embodiment shown in Fig. 4 B (and Fig. 4 A).
Fig. 3 shows one of safety air bag lateral plate of Fig. 1, and the lateral plan of frenulum shown in the centre slice of the concave part of formation structure and the dotted line.
Fig. 4 shows another version of the safety air bag of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 A shows another version of the safety air bag of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 B shows the another version of the safety air bag of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 shows another safety air bag again of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 shows still another safety air bag again of Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 shows according to the safety air bag of US7131664B1 and is launching and the block diagram of inflated condition.
Fig. 8 is the birds-eye view of the safety air bag of Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is the front elevation of the safety air bag of Fig. 7.
Figure 10 is the block diagram of the safety air bag of Fig. 7, has removed most of left side sheet so that internal tether and proliferation part to be shown.
Figure 11 is the block diagram of Figure 10, has removed two lateral plates.
Figure 11 A to 11H be shown in the planar view of various airbag units before being stitched together.
Figure 12 A to 12H is the planar view of another embodiment of safety air bag, shows the planar view of each sheet and other parts before the assembling, and wherein groove lateral plate and frenulum are revised the embodiment shown in Figure 11 A to 11H.
Figure 13 is the birds-eye view of one type of prior art safety air bag.
Figure 14 is the birds-eye view of another prior art safety air bag.
Figure 15 is the cross sectional drawing of the exemplary gas filled device that can be used in combination with the utility model safety air bag.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1-6 shows the safety air bag with independent inflatable chamber, is configured with the vertically-oriented groove part from extending to the bottom towards the top of the safety air bag part that will protect the passenger basically.At this and the term " groove " that uses in claims meaning is lip-deep concave surface, such as backward or the surround of indentation.In this embodiment, the main leaf of safety air bag has long slit or the opening that forms concave part inlet, opening or mouth.Fig. 1 C, 1D, 1E, 8A and 11A show and utilize similar structures to realize another embodiment of identical approximately big or small concave part.Opening on the main leaf has reduced size, and when assembling part main leaf covers the top of concave part.Say that on broad sense the cover part of main leaf provides the bridgeware at extend through concave part top.Fig. 4 A shows the use of trapezoidal groove portion.In Fig. 4 B, this variant uses a part of main leaf to cover the top of concave part.In Fig. 7 to 12, concave part is shortened and extends to the safety air bag bottom from the main leaf middle part; But, in these embodiments, should unlike shown in Figure 1A and the 2A illustrated embodiment, below main leaf, extend at the shortening concave part that has corresponding littler opening on the main leaf.
Main leaf has a pair of relative neck 124 that is positioned at the main leaf both ends.Each neck is combined together to form the neck or the inlet of the safety air bag that is communicated with gas filled device or housing in a known way.The front portion 126 of main leaf 102 is positioned at the center of main leaf, and its a part of core is towards the passenger and form face piece part 103.Near face piece part 103 front portion 126 has its opening 130, the opening that it is used to form groove and more specifically arrives inflatable airbags 100 inner groovies.Safety air bag 100 is sewn onto by the edge 132 with lateral plate 104a on the edge 134 of main leaf 102 and forms.The edge 132 of another lateral plate 104b is sewn onto on the edge 134a of main leaf 102 in a known way.Inflatable chamber 301 has the end of main leaf or opening, passage or the neck 129 of neck and lateral plate combination, to allow charge air conditioning to enter inflatable chamber 301 and safety air bag 100 is inflated.After each sheet assembling, the gas filled device 308 shown in Fig. 1 and 15 is placed in the safety air bag neck.Airbag fold and being stored in the housing 306 of air bag module 300 before launching.
The width of gas filed safety air bag further groove part 110 be main leaf 212 front portion 126 width at least 25%, preferably overall width 25% to 35% between.This can be in about 120-250mm scope.The total length of groove can total safety air bag height of common about 1500-1600mm 85% to 90% between variation.
Opening 130 in the main leaf 102 has one or more edge 140a, 140b, 140c, 140d.Although shown opening 130 is rectangular shapes, opening 130 also can be and comprises oblong other shape, and as shown in Figure 4, another has the face piece 102a of elliptical openings 130a.The opening of face piece portion can be mixed shape.The opening 130b of Fig. 4 A uses groove parts 110 trapezoidal or triangle 131 and rectangle 133 combinations.Be positioned at towards safety air bag bottom, have the trapezoidal of big opening, help to minimize to children or teen-age mutual action, described children or teenager are in improper sitting posture, their head or chest near or do not launching on the air bag module cover plate.Fig. 2 B shows the planar view of each sheet that safety air bag is used shown in the shop drawings 4A, and helps to understand the structure of safety air bag shown in Fig. 4 B.Top 140a at the rectangle part 133 of Fig. 2 B split shed 130c is arranged to towards the top of sheet 102d, makes groove part to extend to the bottom from the facial top of safety air bag, and is identical with the situation of previous embodiment.Fig. 2 B also shows dotted line 140 ' a, and it shows the position at the opening 130c top that is used in safety air bag among Fig. 4 B, and wherein the top 135 of main leaf 102d covers the top of groove part 110.Here, among the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 C, top bridge joint protruding pinna 112a, the 112b of main leaf.
In Fig. 1 and 2, safety air bag 100 has the channel shaped or the groove shape structure 149 of spill, its available such as piece of cloth 150,152,160 one or more are contained in opening 130, in the 130a and the edge 140a-140d that sews up or otherwise be fixed to main leaf opening 130 go up and form.Channel shaped or groove structure 149 are positioned at safety air bag main leaf outside face below, and cooperate with frenulum and other piece of cloth, are used to form the groove part 110 between two relative protruding pinna 112a, the 112b of single chamber safety air bag.Channel shaped or groove structure 149 also can by provide shaping, single or form by the edge 140a-140d that one or more sewing fabric pieces is incorporated into opening 130.
The safety air bag 100 of Fig. 2 has left groove sheet 150 and right groove sheet 152.The edge 150a of left side groove sheet 150 is sewn onto on the edge 140d of main leaf inner opening 130, and the edge 152a of right groove sheet 152 is sewn onto on another edge 140c of opening 130 of main leaf 102 simultaneously.Left side groove sheet 150 and right groove sheet 152 all also have and edge 150a, 152a opposed side edge 156,158.When lateral plate 150,152 was sewn onto on the edge of opening 130 of main leaf 102, they began to provide the degree of depth of opening 130 and opening 130a, 130b.Safety air bag 100 also comprises the central fovea slotted vane 160 with edge 162a, 162b, 162c and 162d.The central fovea slotted vane is followed the shape of main leaf inner opening, and the shape of central fovea slotted vane can be different with the shape of main leaf upper shed.The edge 162d of central fovea slotted vane is sewn onto on the edge 156 of left groove sheet 150, and another edge 162c of central fovea slotted vane is sewn onto on the edge 158 of right groove sheet 152.The edge 162a of central fovea slotted vane is sewn onto on the edge 140a of main leaf opening, and another edge 162b of central fovea slotted vane is sewn onto on the edge 140b of main leaf opening.Sheet 150,152 and 160 forms channel shaped or concave structure.The spill of channel shaped or groove structure 149 can place on the flat fabric sheet 165 and forms by for example forming pleat 163, as shown in Figure 6.
If after comprising that the channel shaped of three groove sheets 150,152 and 160 or groove structure 149 are sewn onto on the main leaf 102, the opening 130 by main leaf is to pusher, and groove 110 forms.If one or more 150,152,160 move when airbag inflated unrestrictedly, channel shaped or groove structure 149 when airbag inflated, can be before face piece outwards protrude.In order to prevent this protrusion, safety air bag 100 also have be connected to one or more 150, one or more frenulums 180 of 152 or 160.Fig. 2 shows such frenulum.Frenulum 180 is piece of cloth, have opposite edges 182a, 182b and with frenulum intermediate point divided into two parts or the zone 184.These two parts also can be realized by piece of cloth separately.Frenulum 180 is fixed on such as on the part of the module 300 of module housing 306 or be fixed near on the main leaf of bottom neck 124 or be fixed on both.
Fig. 1,2 and 3 shows layout and the position of frenulum 180 with respect to other sheet that forms safety air bag 100.Fig. 2 shows, and for sheet 160, dotted line 186a, 186b are illustrated in this edge, place 182a, 182b and correspondingly are sewn onto connection lead or linear slit on the groove centre slice 160.Also show another dotted line 188 among Fig. 3, the medium line of frenulum 180 or part 184 are sewed up or otherwise are connected thereto.When airbag inflated, frenulum 180 tensionings, preventing center groove sheet 160, or the center of channel shaped or groove structure 149, the protruding pinna 112a of comparatively safe air bag, 112b outwards move.The groove part 110 that the channel shaped of frenulum or groove structure 149 form between this lobes 112a, the 112b, and allow protruding pinna 112a, 112b shown in Fig. 1 and 1A, to inflate.Figure 1A shows the typical inflated shapes of safety air bag 100.In Figure 1A, safety air bag 100 is configured to the top and is installed in part on the air bag module 300.Module 300 places the end face place or the end face below of instrument carrier panel 302 in a known way.Passenger's inflation that the cover plate (not shown) of air bag module is forced to open and safety air bag is seated to Windshield 304, towards forward direction up during airbag inflated.The passenger is not shown in Figure 1A, but shows automotive seat 24 and back of seat 26.Clear protruding pinna 112a, the 112b of showing.Figure 1B is the birds-eye view of gas filed safety air bag 100 with respect to the passenger that takes one's seat, and the protruding pinna 112a, the 112b that show single chamber safety air bag do not clash into head of passenger, but contact trunk and shoulder.
Along with safety air bag 100 launches when inflating, the interval between gas filed protruding pinna 112a, the 112b may be bigger than steady interval size.Fig. 5 shows the facial parts 103 that a sticking patch 400 (the most handy and the same fabric of safety air bag make) is positioned at main leaf 102, and it connects two protruding pinna 112a, 112b and is used in the restricted charging and the interval between the protruding pinna of inflation back.The fabric that is used for sticking patch except safe air bag fabric, also can be for example one section weaving seatbelt fabric or any fabric that can absorb tensile load.In one embodiment, sticking patch 400a connects the top of two protruding pinnas and illustrates with dashed line form, and for gas filed safety air bag generally will be between protruding pinna horizontal-extending, and can help to cushion passenger's head.In a preferred embodiment, cloth sheet 400 connects the relative centre portion of protruding pinna.When described passenger is in improper sitting posture, and its chest is on air bag module, places the frenulum 400 that reduces with below 6 years old passenger's chest, and is being in below the median size adult-passenger neck of normal sitting position.
Fig. 1 C, 1D, 1E and 2a show safety air bag 100a of the present utility model as requested, and it has a lot of features of the safety air bag 100 of Fig. 1,1A and 2.Main leaf 102b shown in Fig. 2 A is identical with main leaf shown in Figure 2 basically, except opening 130b less than opening 130; Identical among other sheet among Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2.End or side 140a move towards the center of sheet 102b, have shortened opening 130b.The sheet that uses in side 104a, the 104b of formation safety air bag and all the other sheets of groove part 110 and the safety air bag 100 is basic identical.
In case use the technical construction safety air bag 100a identical with forming safety air bag 100, the bridgeware of the no-support spaning distance with the top 110a that strides across groove part 110 is formed at the top 135 of main leaf 102b.The top of the protruding pinna of inflatable airbags is not provided for the midship mounting on main leaf top 135 in fact, and can find out from Fig. 1 C and 1E that it shows the block diagram of inflated condition safety air bag 100a.
Show optional diffusion sheet or element 160.Diffused component 160 shown in Fig. 1 C also can be used among the embodiment of Fig. 1 and can be formed by piece of cloth of separating and parts.Perhaps, diffused component 160 will enter the deflect flow of the charge air conditioning of safety air bag, when this is flowing in airbag fold from the gas filled device side direction towards lateral plate.As the direct result of diffused component 160 positions, air-flow is not direct vertical or streamlined flow form.Charge air conditioning is followed the path that at first also moves forward then towards the side of safety air bag 100a, and it helps to reduce pushing ahead of deployment rate and safety air bag 100b.
When shown in Fig. 1 C, 1E and 1D, colliding forward, the top 135 of main leaf 102a and passenger's head mutual action.When collision, because airbag inflated, the passenger is clashed into top 135, and top 135 is as striding across the bridgeware on groove part 110 tops and crossing safety air bag relative protruding pinna 112a, 112b.Because the top 135 of main leaf 102b is not directly from back support and cross and stride across relative protruding pinna 112a, 112b, when when collision, top 135 was clashed into by the passenger, top 135 is enough flexible with support passengers, absorbs collision energy simultaneously and the suitable support injury to head of passenger when reducing collision is provided.Test is presented in 40 kilometers collision processes hourly for median size frenulum male sex passenger's head acceleration not, compares the head injury standard less than 300 with the head injury standard of 700 in the statutory regulation.The passenger is carried in the top 135 of main leaf, makes loading force relative lobes be moved together to (arrow 137 among Fig. 1 D), draws protruding pinna nearer so that the higher support to passenger's chest and shoulder to be provided when colliding.
The utility model is protected the passenger and the child of improper sitting posture.If the passenger of improper sitting posture is a protruding pinna of impact airbag only, the pressure of a lobes forces charge air conditioning to enter main chamber by single chamber safety air bag and arrives relative protruding pinna, for the passenger provides elastic air cushion.Compare with having two systems that separate safety air bag, this has reduced the power that is applied on the improper sitting posture passenger.
Fig. 1 E shows another embodiment of the present utility model, and wherein vent window 139 is positioned on lateral plate 104a, the 104b.
Fig. 7 to 12H shows the safety air bag according to US7131664B1.The position of the groove part 220 of this embodiment low than shown in Fig. 1-6.In Fig. 7, safety air bag 100b has main leaf 212 and two lateral plates 214,216; The shape of lateral plate and main leaf with the size basically with Fig. 1 embodiment in identical.Main leaf 212 has a top, anterior 126 and one bottom, and shown in Figure 11 A, can be made by individual security gas cell fabric sheet.The combination of main leaf 212 and lateral plate 214,216 defines single inflatable chamber 301.Inflatable chamber 301 has by the end of main leaf or neck cooperates the opening that forms forming passage or neck 230 with lateral plate, this passage or neck 230 allow charge air conditioninies to enter inflatable chamber 301 and inflate for safety air bag 100b.In Fig. 7, show the groove part 220 of safety air bag.The groove part 220 of this embodiment has central fovea slotted vane 222, left groove sheet 224 and right groove sheet 226, although the shape difference, with the function class of sheet 150,152,160 seemingly, they be combined to form groove part 220 in the main leaf 212.Groove part 220 is divided into two bottom lobes 240,242 (being similar to protruding pinna 112a, 112b, although the position difference) with safety air bag 100b.Bottom protruding pinna 240,242 is separated by groove part 220, and the amount of separating is enough to allow each protruding pinna, and some works independently when inflation.In Fig. 9, protruding pinna 240,242 forms single inflatable chamber 301 in the front portion and the bottom of main leaf 212 when safety air bag fully launches.
The safety air bag 100b that launches has been shown in Figure 10 and 11, has partially or even wholly removed one or two lateral plate 214,216, make safety air bag 100b inflatable chamber 301 as seen.In the inside of safety air bag 100b, the central fovea slotted vane 222 of groove part 220 is connected on the frenulum 250.Frenulum 250 extends towards gas access passage 230.Gas access passage 230 matches with air bag module housing 306 and is attached on the air bag module housing 306, and this housing is suitable for holding safety air bag 100b and gas filled device 308 to form air bag module assembly 310.When crash sensor detects collision and when gas filled device 308 sent actuated signals, gas filled device provided safety air bag 100c inflation and promotes safety air bag 100b from the outside gas of Vehicular instrument panel.Have grappling or otherwise be attached to the end on the air bag module housing 303 or be used for fixing other device of safety air bag near the safety air bag 100b of gas access passage 230.Groove part 220 move forward the restriction that is subjected to frenulum 250.Preferably, provide the second root system band or a long frenulum part 252 further to retrain making progress and travelling forward of safety air bag 100b, make the top of safety air bag 100b and the bottom both of safety air bag 100b be subjected to the frenulum constraint, in order to avoid excessive moving forward.
Optional diffusion sheet or element 260 have been shown among Figure 10.Decollator element 260 shown in Fig. 7 to 11H is fabric parts separately; But or decollator element 260 can be or both integral part in the frenulum 250,252.In two kinds of forms, 260 deflections of decollator element enter the flowing of charge air conditioning of safety air bag, when this is flowing in airbag fold from the gas filled device side direction towards lateral plate 214,216.Because the position of dispersive element 260, air-flow are not direct vertical or streamlined flow forms.Charge air conditioning is followed the path that at first also moves forward then towards arbitrary side of safety air bag 100a, and it helps to reduce pushing ahead of deployment rate and safety air bag 100b.
In this safety air bag, groove part 220 only is positioned at the safety air bag bottom of expansion, and roughly extend vertically the bottom from direction on the middle part of the front portion 126 of main leaf 212 to main leaf 212.Horizontal plane by the gas access passage during with respect to the air-bag deployment state, groove part 220 are positioned at the gas access channel position or below this position.Gas access passage 230 has and is moved upward and then by the charge air conditioning of dispersive element 260 deflections.By the attached groove part 220 of frenulum 250,,, make groove part 220 extend towards the passenger no longer forward up to frenulum 250 tensions along with the expansion of safety air bag 100b is outwards moved.Side protruding pinna 240,242 continues to launch also inflation, and the passenger moves forward during along with vehicle collision, and they can absorb passenger's energy impact.One or more vents or opening 139 key positions in every side of safety air bag 100b so that launch and with passenger's mutual action after the venting of safety air bag.The size of each vent or opening 139 allows to discharge in the gas filed safety air bag fully holds gas.Vent openings 139 is positioned near the centre, top of each lateral plate, between access road 230 and the front portion and above each protruding pinna 240,242.
Bottom protruding pinna 240,242 provides lower power cushioning effect, this effect does not have the top of safety air bag 100b violent, because each protruding pinna 240,242 inwardly moves freely and deflection, two all laterally in the side and in the inside with respect to groove part 220.Improper sitting posture passenger is compressible or press next protruding pinna more than another protruding pinna, but because that part of character of opening fully that forms in 301 pairs of protruding pinnas of single inflatable chamber, this part may be easy to deflection, make impact fully when child or baby can not be subjected to conventional air-bag deployment, the embodiment among Fig. 4 B also is a same case.Protruding pinna 240,242 side direction and backward both direction towards the instrument carrier panel free deflection.The geometric configuration of safety air bag makes sits to such an extent that can be hit by one in the protruding pinna 240,242 or both near the child of the child of safety air bag or improper sitting posture or passenger, and the protruding pinna that is easy to deflection has reduced the power that the passenger is applied, thereby has reduced injured danger widely.If the passenger is positioned at the center just, the part and the groove part 220 of two protruding pinnas 240,242 can contact, and this groove part 220 was subjected to the constraint of frenulum 250 before safety air bag 100b inflates and reaches complete inflated condition.
Figure 11 A to 11H shows each parts or the sheet that is used to make the sealing safety air bag.The shape of these sheets and size are similar to the sheet shown in Fig. 2-2B, and are also made by nylon or polyester woven airbag fabric.Main leaf 212 forms top, bottom and the front portion of safety air bag 100b.Main leaf 212 has symmetrical structure, and its medial end portions 230a, 230b contraction or constriction are to provide a part of gas access passage 230.Opening 211 is centered on by the 212a of opposite side, 212c, 212b, 212c.
Figure 11 B shows the left side that is used for safety air bag and the lateral plate 214,216 on right side.Lateral plate 214 is used for the left side of safety air bag, and the right side 216 of safety air bag is depicted as the mirror image of lateral plate 214.Each all has neck 230d, 230c so that a part of gas access passage 230 to be provided sheet 214,216.Exhausr port 139 can be provided at shown in Figure 11 B and 12B on each lateral plate 214,216.Edge 214e, the 216e of lateral plate is attached on the anterior main leaf along the lateral edges 212e of main leaf.The edge of these sheets can be sewn onto or alternate manner is fixed to and goes up each other to form inflatable chamber 301.Opening 211 in the main leaf is provided with right groove sheet and left groove sheet 226,224.Right groove sheet and left groove sheet 224,226 are sewn onto on the edge 212c of the opening 211 in the main leaf along their curved edge 224c, 226c.In case be sewn onto as shown in the figure on every side 212c of rectangular aperture 211, then side groove sheet 224,226 is sewn onto on the central fovea slotted vane 222 along the edge 222d of central fovea slotted vane at their straight edge 224d, 226d place.Groove part 220 has pocket-shape, cup-shaped or flute profile form, is similar to previous embodiment, the whole opening 211 of sealing main leaf 212.The part that will be positioned at central fovea slotted vane 222 tops and bottom margin 222a, 222b in the safety air bag that launches is sewn onto on respective edges 212a, the 212b of main leaf inner opening 211.
Two root system bands 250,252 are provided in Figure 11 F and 11G.In Figure 10 and 11, frenulum 250 lignilite at 250c place, position on the frenulum 250 is connected on the central fovea slotted vane 222.The opposite end 250g of frenulum 250 preferably sews up or is attached in the bottom 230b or the close bottom of main leaf 212, the close passage 230 that is formed by the assembling of main leaf 212 and two lateral plates 214,216.The center of frenulum 250 is on the main leaf 212 and be sewn onto on the main leaf 212.
Figure 10,11 and 11F in, the second root system band 252 is attached on the main leaf 212 at position 212f, end 252f is sewn onto here.At opposite end 252g, frenulum 252 is attachable near the passage 230.Frenulum 250,252 can be provided with the extension that can form all or a part of dispersive element 260.Dispersive element 260 or can be the integral type parts of frenulum 250,252 or the sheet of separation.Shown in Figure 11 H, dispersive element 260 can be a separating component, and in this case, two ends all need to be sewn onto on the main leaf 212, pass passage 230 in the both sides of main leaf 212.Frenulum 252 is fixed in safety air bag 100b on top close or on the top of main leaf 212, makes it a little vertically tilt at complete extended position, and with outwards outstanding with respect to gas access passage 230 about 45 degree.The constraint that this provides safety air bag to move up.Bottom frenulum 250 or on even keel are outwards given prominence to or preferably also are attached to as shown in the figure on the central fovea slotted vane 222 a shade below gas access passage 230, and it remains on Unclosing structure with groove part 220.
Figure 12 A to 12H shows another air bag system.Figure 12 A to 12H is similar to Fig. 7 to 11H.But in Figure 12 D and 12E, right and left groove sheet 225,223 has curved side 223c, 225c, and the both ends of curved side are connected with single front 223,225, make the exterior contour of safety air bag remain on curve form.Groove part 220 begins at the point at relative two positions place, to have the flat top of the intensification shown in first embodiment.In addition, assembling and position are roughly the same, should be at position 222c place except frenulum 250 in this embodiment be sewn onto the bottom of groove along the lower corners of the crossing position of side groove sheet 223,225 and main leaf 212.Groove part 220 remains on aperture position at an end of semi-circular recesses sheet 223,225.
Has overall width 500mm through what make and test according to exemplary airbag 100b of the present utility model, bottom-to-top-height 650mm, have the long groove 220 of 250mm, groove have the width of 120mm and scope from the 180mm of groove top to the degree of depth in the 235mm of bottom scope.Exemplary airbag uses the gas filled device of type shown in Figure 15 to launch.Gas filled device 505 has gas filled device housing 511, is filled with the compressed media that comprises unreactable gas 506 and one or more in-to-in in the housing and is connected to the temperature booster 501,502 of gas filled device housing 511 ends.In the gas heater 501,502 at least one has the shell that limits temperature booster housing 501a, and temperature booster housing 501a has the generation of gas chamber 507 of a plurality of temperature boosters hole 560, storage gas generant explosive 527.Generation of gas chamber 507 and gas filled device housing 511 communicate with each other by a plurality of holes 560, and firing unit 503 is connected with gas heater 502 and is positioned at an end of gas filled device housing 511.The intensifier chamber 504 of storage intensifier explosive places between ignition device 503 and the gas heater 501,502.Separate with generation of gas chamber 507 between generation of gas chamber 507 and ignition device 503 and by dividing plate 540 in intensifier chamber 504.Dividing plate 540 has one or more first openings 542 that lead to generation of gas chamber 507.Gas is discharged gas filled device by the passage on the gas filled device housing 511 561, enters inflatable chamber by the opening on the safety air bag then.This gas filled device 505 is multistage system composite inflator, and it successfully is used for the assessment test of the utility model safety air bag 100b.Safety air bag of the present utility model can be used for twin-stage gunpowder composite inflator and is not limited to use the single-stage gas filled device.
Shown in Figure 11 A-11G and 12A-12G, that airbag panel can be is attached along the edge, connect or the fabric part of the separation that is stitched together.Perhaps this fabric can be made by braiding or weaving, and wherein each separate part forms or braiding structure as a whole simultaneously.In this case, the utility model is suitable equally, and the structure of this form can have top, front portion, bottom and have vertical extending flute part 222 in safety air bag 100b bottom, even the different sheet type safety air bag that also is similar to stitching.
Can be the part of the air bag module 300 with module housing 303 according to safety air bag of the present utility model, gas filled device 308 is in module housing 303.Be attached on the module housing 303 and may be folded in the module 300 according to safety air bag 100b of the present utility model.
The rule that requires safety air bag to be suitable for all size passenger means or system becomes far away more complicated or in addition this system have the sensor that prevents air-bag deployment.Claimed the utility model satisfies these requirements.
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1. a safety air bag (100a), comprise: by main leaf (102b) be incorporated into matched edges or independent inflatable chamber (101) that otherwise attached a pair of lateral plate (104a, 104b) forms along matched edges, wherein said main leaf (102b) has top (135), anterior (126) and bottom; The groove part of the vertical extension that on the part of described safety air bag face forward, forms (110), described groove part (110) is divided into two protruding pinnas (112a, 112b) with described inflatable chamber (101); And frenulum (180), described frenulum (180) is positioned at described inflatable chamber (101) and has an end to be attached to described groove part (110) and other end grappling, limiting described groove part (110) thus travels forward when described inflatable chamber (101) is inflated, it is characterized in that the top (135) of described main leaf (102b) extends across the upper area of described groove part (110).
2. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 (100a) is characterized in that, described groove part (110) extends to the bottom of described main leaf (102b).
3. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a), it is characterized in that, described groove part (110) comprises a central fovea slotted vane (160) and an offside groove sheet (150,152), described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (150a, 152a) be attached to or integral body is formed at the lateral edges (140c of the opening (130b) in the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140d), and described central fovea slotted vane (160) is attached to or integral body is formed at the upper and lower end (140a of the opening (130b) in the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140b) and described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (156,158) on, to form described groove part (110).
4. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a), it is characterized in that, described groove part (110) comprises a central fovea slotted vane (160) and an offside groove sheet (150,152), described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (150a, 152a) be attached to or integral body is formed at the lateral edges (140c of the opening (130b) in the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140d), and described central fovea slotted vane (160) is attached to or integral body is formed at the upper and lower end (140a of the opening (130b) in the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140b) and described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (156,158) on, to form described groove part (110), described side groove sheet (150,152) is attached to symmetrically agley along the edge or integral body is formed at described main leaf (102b).
5. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a), it is characterized in that, described groove part (110) comprises a central fovea slotted vane (160) and an offside groove sheet (150,152), described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (150a, 152a) be attached to or integral body is formed at the lateral edges (140c that opens (130b) in the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140d), and described central fovea slotted vane (160) is attached to or integral body is formed at the upper and lower end (140a that opens (130b) of the front portion (126) of described main leaf (102b), 140b) and described side groove sheet (150,152) edge (156,158) on, to form described groove part (110), each described side groove sheet (150,152) have the top edge of arc lower edge peace and flat lower edge, and wherein said frenulum (180) is attached on the described central fovea slotted vane (160) at the inner position of described flat top edge.
6. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a) is characterized in that, the width of described groove part (110) under inflated condition be described main leaf (102b) front portion (126) width at least 25%.
7. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a), it is characterized in that described groove part (110) has along one of described side groove sheet (150,152) in the vertical mid point of described side groove sheet (150,152) or the extreme depth that vertically records below the mid point.
8. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a) is characterized in that, the shape of described groove part (110) be rectangle, avette or trapezoidal in one.
9. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a) is characterized in that, described main leaf (102b), lateral plate (104a, 104b) and groove part (110) be the weaving or the braiding to form described safety air bag (100a).
10. safety air bag as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (100a), it is characterized in that, described safety air bag (100a) is attached on the module housing (303), and air bag inflator device (308) is positioned at described module housing (303), described inflatable chamber (101) has the gas access passage (230) that anchors on the described module housing (303), makes the charge air conditioning that is provided by described air bag inflator device (308) can enter described inflatable chamber (101).
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