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| 20080217888 | Knee airbag device, and method of fitting steering column provided with knee air bag device to vehicle - In a steering column provided with a knee airbag device to a vehicle, an airbag module, which is integrally provided on an airbag door formed separately from a column lower cover, is fitted to a column tube after a steering column body is assembled, and before a steering lock is fitted to the column tube. Then, after the airbag module is fitted to the column tube, a steering column sub-assembly, which is formed by fitting at least the steering lock to the column tube, is fitted to an instrument panel provided in a vehicle at a predetermined position. After the steering column sub-assembly is fitted to the instrument panel, the column lower cover and a column upper cover, which cover a rear end portion of the steering column, are fitted to the steering column. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080217889 | Knee airbag - An airbag for restraining a knee area of a vehicle occupant is formed by folding and joining the edges of a single-piece blank. The blank includes an airbag portion for inflation during deployment and at least one restraining strap portion joined to the airbag portion. The at least one restraining strap portion includes at least one additional part of the airbag that is defined as a restraining strap. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080224456 | MOTORCYCLE AIRBAG MODULE - A motorcycle airbag module includes an inflatable airbag, which is deployed between the rider's seat and the steering handlebar of a motorcycle. First and second recessed portions are formed in the front face of the airbag, when in an inflated and deployed state. The first recessed portion extends in a longitudinal direction in the center part of the front face and the second recessed portion diverges and extends respectively to the right and left from the lower end of the first recessed portion arranged in the longitudinal direction. The front face of the airbag is sectioned by the first and second recessed portions to form right and left inflated portions as well as a lower inflated portion. The right and left inflated portions are positioned respectively on the right and left sides of the first recessed portion, and the lower inflated portion is positioned below the second recessed portions. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080238052 | Airbag apparatus - An airbag apparatus has an airbag body, which is arranged between a roof panel and a roof head lining of a vehicle and held in a folded state. The airbag body also has a second bolt, a fixed piece, and a folded portion. The airbag body is fixed to a guide portion of an inner panel by the second bolt. The fixed piece is fixed by the second bolt. The folded portion extends from the fixed piece and is maintained in a folded state. The airbag body also includes a binding tape and a restricting plate. The binding tape binds the folded portion together and releases the folded portion when the airbag body is deployed and inflated. The restricting plate ensures an open space below the folded portion and restricts downward displacement of the folded portion when the airbag body | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080252051 | Knee Airbag - The present invention relates to an airbag intended for retaining the knees of the occupants of automotive vehicles during a collision consisting of an inflatable cushion ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080258441 | Knee protecting airbag device - In a knee protecting airbag device (M | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090014988 | Pedestrian Airbag Apparatus - A pedestrian airbag apparatus is provided that has a portion, when inflated, extending along a vehicle body's outer surface so as to spread into the surroundings of a case, and connected to the case by means of a tether, and the occurrence of a deformation such as warpage or the like on an airbag is suppressed, the deformation being due to the tension of the tether. Each of both end sides of a cowl masking portion | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090033075 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT SENSING SYSTEM - A vehicle occupant sensing system includes a plurality of image pickup devices arranged to capture a three-dimensional image in a region including at least a cover part of the front airbag system and an upper part of the front passenger seat, and a signal processing unit for processing image signals taken by the image pickup devices to determine a three-dimensional position of the captured image. The signal processing unit is configured to determine a three-dimensional position of a part of the captured image pertaining to the cover part and includes a storage section which stores in advance a reference three-dimensional position corresponding to an external configuration of the cover part, and a comparing section which compares the three-dimensional position of the image part pertaining to the cover part with the reference three-dimensional position to determine if there is an object placed on the cover part. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090058052 | Knee Air Bag Module and Method of Assembly - An air bag module including a housing ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090079170 | Airbag apparatus for protecting knee - An airbag apparatus for protecting knees is provided. A breakable portion is provided in a wall of a glove compartment door for opening and closing an opening of a glove compartment. The wall faces a vehicle passenger compartment. An airbag case for housing an airbag, which is inflated by inflation fluid, is installed inside the wall. A front part of the airbag case is caused to function as a pressure receiving portion for receiving a pressure of the inflation fluid through the inflating airbag, thereby generating a reaction force advancing toward the rear side of the vehicle, so that the breakable portion is broken by the airbag inflating toward the rear side of the vehicle. The airbag is caused to protrude from the glove compartment door to the rear side of the vehicle through the breakable portion. A reinforcement member for reinforcing the glove compartment door is provided inside the wall and is fixed to a part other than the breakable portion of the glove compartment door, and the airbag case is attached to the reinforcement member. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090085333 | Airbag for knee protection - An airbag for knee protection internally includes a first tether that connects a knee-side wall and a vehicle body side wall by a connecting distance of 50 to 90 mm and partitions the airbag into an upper inflatable chamber and a lower inflatable chamber. The mainstreams of inflation gas heading to the upper inflatable chamber from the lower are located proximate left and right ends of the airbag. The upper inflatable chamber has an outer diameter of 150 to 220 mm at full airbag inflation. The lower inflatable chamber includes on the vehicle body side wall a mounting portion by which the airbag is secured to the case and is designed such that a top of its rear face is dislocated forward relative to that of the upper inflatable chamber by 10 to 70 mm at full inflation of the airbag. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090108569 | AIR BAG CUSHION - An airbag cushion is configured to be deployed by an introduced gas to provide a predetermined space therein, wherein a valley is configured to be formed at a center region which a passenger's face impacts when the airbag cushion is deployed. The airbag cushion includes a front panel, a rear panel provided rearward of the front panel, wherein the front panel and the rear panel are joined together and thus form the predetermined space when gas is introduced. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090127835 | WEARABLE AIRBAG SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is related to a wearable airbag system applied for protecting a human on a vehicle. The wearable airbag system may include a wearable airbag module and a measurement module. The wearable airbag module may include an airbag configured to expand the volume of the airbag if the airbag is inflated and an inflator configured to be coupled with the airbag and generate a gas to inflate the airbag. The measurement module may be configured to measure a condition of the vehicle and control the inflator to inflate the airbag if the condition achieves or exceeds a limitation. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090134611 | Knee airbag - A knee airbag apparatus includes a front panel configured to face toward an occupant when the knee airbag deploys and a rear panel configured to face toward an instrument panel when the knee airbag deploys. The rear panel is joined to the front panel to form an inflatable knee cushion configured to inflate to protect an occupant's knees during a crash event. The knee airbag further includes at least one internal tether extending between the front and rear panels. The internal tether is attached to the front panel at a front panel attachment location offset from a rear panel attachment location. The knee airbag further includes an external tether attached at one end to the front panel, and at a second end at the knee airbag housing. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090140509 | Airbag Device - An airbag device comprising an airbag ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090152847 | KNEE AIRBAG AND METHOD OF FOLDING THE SAME - Provided is a knee airbag capable of adjusting the height and width of the airbag upon deployment thereof and deploying the airbag along a lower crash panel. The knee airbag is installed at a lower crash panel and has an inflator installed at a predetermined position thereof, wherein the knee airbag has at least one wrinkle part folded in a longitudinal direction of side surfaces thereof. Since an upper part of the knee airbag is expanded more than a lower part thereof, it is possible to more safely protect passenger's knees. In addition, since the knee airbag is expanded upward and downward, it is also possible to protect passenger's ankles and readily adjust the height and width of the knee airbag. Further, the knee airbag is expanded to correspond to an appearance of a lower crash, thereby more safely protecting the passenger. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090174173 | Knee protection airbag system - In a knee protection airbag system of the invention, an airbag includes an inlet port portion which is connected to an inflator in the vicinity of a longitudinal and transverse center of the airbag when it is inflated completely. A front tether and a rear tether which connect a driver-side wall portion with a column-side wall portion provided forwards and rearwards of the inlet port portion, respectively. The front tether and the rear tether are made to rectify an inflation gas which has flowed from the inlet port portion so that the inflation gas flows towards left and right or transverse ends of a central portion and thereafter to cause the inflation gas to flow out into a front portion and a rear portion by way of outlet path portions. The outlet path portions are made larger in a total sum of open areas than the outlet path portions. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090184498 | Knee protecting airbag device - In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, an airbag is folded and housed on the front side of the knees of a seated passenger. The airbag is protruded rearward of a vehicle from a protruding opening and expanded and inflated upward, when an inflating gas flows in. And, the airbag is arranged on the front side of the knees of the passenger between a member on the body side and the knees of the passenger thereby to protect the knees of the passenger. The protruding opening has a transverse width size set within a range of ⅛ to ⅔ of the transverse width size of the airbag having completed its expansion and inflation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090206583 | Arrangement of an air bag module on a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same - A motorcycle includes main frames extending from a head pipe to rear left and right sides, a fuel tank provided between the main frames, seat frames extending rearwardly from the main frames; a seat supported by the seat frames; and an air bag module disposed at a position proximate to a front upper portion of the seat. The air bag module may be disposed in a recess formed on a rear upper portion of the fuel tank, and is mounted on stay members extending respectively upwardly from the left and right main frames. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090230661 | COLUMN-ATTACHED KNEE AIR BAG APPARATUS - A column-attached knee air bag apparatus is provided by being folded at inside of a column cover covering a steering column and is developed between an instrument panel and the knees of an occupant by being supplied with a gas. Upper and lower sides of the knee air bag are restricted such that a developing thickness in a front and rear direction is smaller at a lower portion than at an upper portion by an upper side strap and a lower side strap. An inflator and a diffuser are arranged such that an opening end of the diffuser of supplying a gas from the inflator to the knee air bag is disposed on a rear side of the instrument panel and at inside of a central expansion portion of the knee air bag. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090236832 | Airbag apparatus | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090250912 | AIRBAG SYSTEMS WITH A SPLIT POCKET - The airbag assembly features an inflatable cushion having a split pocket at its lower portion and may also include a recess in its lower portion. The split pocket and recess allows the cushion to receive a rear-facing child car seat during deployment. The airbag assembly may further include a tethering system to control deployment of the pocket and the split sections of the cushion. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090250913 | Airbag and airbag system - An airbag includes a front portion having an upper part for receiving a head of the occupant, a middle part and a lower part. The upper part has an upwardly protruding curved edge without a linear portion, and two laterally protruding upper curved edges. The middle part has two laterally inwardly curved middle side edges extending smoothly from the laterally protruding upper curved edges. The lower part haw two laterally inwardly and downwardly curved lower side edges, and a downwardly protruding curved edge without a linear portion. The lower part has a lateral width greater than that of the upper and middle parts to thereby form laterally projecting portions for receiving occupant's arms. The downwardly extending curved edge at the lower part has a curvature greater than that of the upwardly extending curved edge at the upper part. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090256336 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION APPARATUS - A vehicle occupant protection apparatus for use in a vehicle includes an occupant-protecting expansion part caused to expand in the form of a curtain in the vehicle cabin along windows. The expansion part is attached to the vehicle body at two attachment points positioned forward and rearward of the windows. A tension line that joins the two attachment points is in a position where the expansion part is extended between the two points, and is positioned below the lower edges of the windows. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090273166 | Safety Arrangement in a Vehicle Seat - The invention relates to a safety device in a vehicle seat with a seat frame on which a seat cushion is fitted, and with an airbag unit with a gas generator and an airbag, which airbag unit is arranged on the seat frame below the seat cushion. It is the object of the invention to provide a safety device which effectively avoids the seat user slipping forwards in the event of an accident and at the same time is simple to produce and fit. The object is achieved in that the airbag when not activated rests in an unfolded and flat manner on the seat frame. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090295131 | Airbag system for vehicle - An airbag system for a vehicle may include an inflator for supplying gas pressure, an airbag housing installed in a vehicle roof above a seat, and an airbag cushion installed in the airbag housing, wherein the airbag is deployed by tearing a roof headliner using the gas pressure provided from the inflator in such a way as to enclose upper portion of an occupant sitting on the seat. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090302584 | Set Mounted Vehicle Occupant Restraint Device - In order to reduce an installation space and to expand the degree of freedom in installation space, a seat mounted vehicle occupant restraint device includes a seat backrest | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302585 | Airbag for knee protection - An airbag for knee protection includes at the center in a left and right direction of the upper edge an accommodation recess that recesses downward for accommodating an underside of the column cover. An outer wall of the upper region of the airbag is comprised of a panel material that is doubled on a turn crease that extends straightly through the panel in a left and right direction and forms the upper edge of the airbag. The airbag further includes beneath the turn crease and in the vicinity of the center in a left and right direction of the upper panel and above the thickness regulating tether a connecting member that approximates the driver-side wall and column cover side wall of the airbag to each other so as to provide the accommodation recess. The connecting member is arranged to form a communication passage between the connecting member and the turn crease that allows inflation gas to flow through in a left and right direction. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090322063 | Knee protecting airbag device - In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, in the lower area inside a column cover, a case housing an airbag is attached to a steering column. The steering column includes a movable member for moving toward the front side of a vehicle along the axial direction of the column at the time when an impact on the front of the vehicle acts, and an unmoving stationary member, so that the column can absorb the impact when the movable member moves. The case is attached to such an area of the movable member that the case hits the stationary member when the moving member moves and absorbs impact, and the case can be deformed before or at the time of hitting the stationary member so that the moving stroke of the movable member is preserved when it moves. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100007119 | VEHICLE SEAT UNIT - A side airbag unit for a vehicle seat including a generally cylindrical gas generator unit having a longitudinal axis. The vehicle seat has a backrest with a front surface and a side surface. In order to achieve the result that the airbag requires little additional space and nevertheless is relatively easy to mount on the vehicle seat, the longitudinal axis extends generally parallel to the front surface and perpendicular to the side surface of the vehicle seat. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007120 | KNEE-PROTECTING AIRBAG APPARATUS - The knee-protecting airbag apparatus is mounted on a lower region of a column cover covering a steering column of vehicle projecting rearward from an instrument panel. The airbag ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100013200 | Air Bag Device For Knee Protection, Deployment Method For Air Bag Device For Knee Proctection, And Vehicle - In a vehicle front structure | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100025972 | VEHICULAR OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A vehicular occupant restraint system including: a four-point seatbelt system having left and right webbings for restraining an occupant, each of the left and right webbings having an upper body restraining portion that restrains the upper body of the occupant; a left first inflating portion which is provided on the upper body restraining portion of the left webbing and which inflates by receiving a gas supply and deploys in front of the upper body of the occupant, and a right first inflating portion which is provided on the upper body restraining portion of the right webbing and which inflates by receiving a gas supply and deploys in front of the upper body of the occupant; and a second inflating portion which inflates by receiving a gas supply when the first inflating portions inflate, and deploys to support the first inflating portions from the outside in the seat width direction. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100052295 | COLUMN-MOUNTED KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE - Rapidly constraining the knees of a driver, even for a steering column structure with plural obstructions projecting below the rear end side of the steering column, while also suppressing or preventing any detriment to column collapse operation during a frontal collision; the steering column is fixed to the vehicle body side with a lower bracket, an upper bracket and a housing, and a combination switch is disposed at the rear end side of an inner tube; lower portions are disposed in a state so as to protrude below a column tube and face each other, so that an airbag module is installed in an installation space between the two portions; a module case is manufactured from a fabric, and the airbag module is attached at a position in the vicinity of the combination switch through a rear attachment bracket. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100052296 | Knee-protecting airbag apparatus - A knee-protecting airbag apparatus is mountable on a door of a glove box that has a box body provided with an opening at the rear and the door. The airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a generally columnar inflator housed in the airbag, a case housing the airbag and inflator, and an airbag cover constituting a rear face of the glove box door and being openable at airbag deployment. The inflator includes a body that discharges inflation gas and a fixing section that secures the body and the airbag to the case. The fixing section includes a projecting portion and the projecting portion extends at an upward or downward angle to the thickness direction of the glove box door. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100090447 | Energy Absorption Systems for Vehicles - A vehicle includes an energy absorber that is positionable rearward of a passenger seat to absorb energy from a force having a forward component and being directed toward the rear surface of the passenger seat. In one exemplary embodiment, the energy absorber is a cellular material. In another exemplary embodiment, the energy absorber is a selectively inflatable cushion. A corresponding seat assembly is also provided. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100096841 | Airbag apparatus - An airbag apparatus includes an airbag that includes a bag body provided with an insert hole for receiving an inflator and a sealing cloth arranged to cover a peripheral area of the insert hole. The sealing cloth includes on the location corresponding to the insert hole a through hole for receiving the inflator. The sealing cloth further includes around the through hole a slit that encircles the through hole generally wholly in a circumferential direction and enables relative slip movement between a peripheral area of the through hole on the sealing cloth and the peripheral area of the insert hole on the bag body in generally radial directions about the through hole | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100096842 | INFLATABLE CURTAIN AIRBAG SYSTEMS - A curtain airbag system includes a sail panel. The sail panel may be attached with an inflatable curtain of the curtain airbag system. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100109301 | AIRBAG DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An airbag has a front panel positioned on an occupant side when inflated, and a rear panel of substantially the same shape as the front panel positioned on an opposite side to the occupant. Furthermore, an inflation restricting section, which restricts the inflated shape of the airbag, is formed by drawing together and fixing a portion of the front panel. When the airbag is inflated, the occupant side of the airbag is pulled inwards, thereby forming a cavity on the occupant side. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117341 | Passenger Leg Portion Constraining Apparatus - An occupant leg part restraint apparatus including a cover cloth for preventing an air bag inflated and developed under a steering column (steering column cover) from interfering with an auxiliary key, in which the cover cloth can be rapidly projected to the upper side of the air bag. A key device ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117342 | Knee Protection Device for Vehicle - A knee protection device for a vehicle includes a lower crash pad, a mounting unit and an inflation limit unit. The lower crash pad has an internal space communicating with an inflator and a rear surface formed to be folded by a plurality of creases. The lower crash pad is mounted to the lower end of an upper crash pad, and is inflated forwards while the rear surface is smoothed out in the explosion of the inflator, thus protecting a passenger's knees. The mounting unit is provided on the rear surface of the lower crash pad and coupled to a vehicle body. The inflation limit unit is connected between the front and rear surfaces of the lower crash pad, and limits the forward moving distance of the front surface from the rear surface when the lower crash pad inflates. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100164204 | SEAT - To provide a seat that enhances the stability and expansion speed with respect to the inflation expansion performance of airbag unit disposed thereinside. In one form, a seat is provided comprising a backrest part covered at its entirety with top fabric material and, at a given region of the top fabric material, it is furnished with tear line; an airbag constituted of a bag consisting of two basis fabrics joined together and disposed within the backrest part so as to at the time of inflation, cleave the tear line and expand over the head of driver or passenger; and reinforcing fabric disposed on the top fabric material so as to inhibit any cleavage of the top fabric material at regions other than the tear line. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100181745 | KNEE-RESTRAINING AIRBAG DEVICE - [PROBLEMS] To improve expansion performance of an airbag. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100194081 | INFLATABLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITH DEPLOYMENT TRAJECTORY CONTROLLER - An inflatable restraint system for selectively restraining an occupant of a motorized vehicle is presented herein. The inflatable restraint system includes a bladder having forward and rearward panel portions. The bladder is attached to the vehicle instrument panel, and configured to transition from a non-expanded state, in which the rearward panel portion is substantially flush with respect to the instrument panel, to an expanded state, in which the rearward panel portion is extended into the passenger compartment distal from the instrument panel. An inflation device is operatively coupled to the bladder, and configured to selectively transition the bladder from the non-expanded state to the expanded state. One or more trajectory control arms are attached at one end to the bladder, and a second end to the vehicle. The trajectory control arms are configured to redirect the bladder along an upward, arcuate path when transitioning to the expanded state. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194082 | Front passenger seat airbag apparatus - A split-opening portion is formed by two transverse breakable portions that extend substantially along the transverse direction of a vehicle, two front-rear breakable portions that extend substantially along the front-rear direction of the vehicle and are connected to the transverse breakable portions, and a middle breakable portion that is located between the two transverse breakable portions and extends substantially along the transverse direction of the vehicle. The middle breakable portion is connected to the front-rear breakable portions. In a front passenger seat airbag apparatus, the split-opening portion is broken by pressing force of an inflated airbag so that door portions are separated from the door adjacent portion, and the door support portions are pivoted together with the door portions about hinge portions serving as fulcrums. The breaking strengths of parts of the split-opening portion are varied such that is broken in the order of the transverse breakable portions, the front-rear breakable portions, and the middle breakable portion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201106 | Knee airbag - The present invention relates to a knee airbag for a vehicle with a reinforcement configured to form a seal with an inflator. The knee airbag that includes an opening, an inflator inserted within the opening of the knee airbag, and a reinforcement formed around the opening of the airbag, wherein the reinforcement is configured to form a seal with the inflator. Such an arrangement may advantageously minimize or prevent the release of inflation gas through the opening for the inflator. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201107 | AIRBAG, AIRBAG DEVICE AND AIRBAG EXHAUSTING METHOD - [Object] To provide an airbag, an airbag apparatus, and an air-discharging method of the airbag which are able to reduce the pressure loss during inflation and deployment of the airbag, or is able to demonstrate the impact absorbing capability of the airbag apparatus efficiently depending on the physical structure of an occupant. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100219619 | Seat Device - [Object] To provide a seat device that can provide a smooth and stable deployment performance of an airbag. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100225096 | Airbag Arranged on the Vehicle Roof - A airbag arranged on a vehicle roof for protecting the occupant located under which includes a cushion ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100237594 | Vehicle Occupant Safety System with Energy-Absorbing Elements, and Method of Operating Same - A vehicle occupant restraint system has an airbag, which provides a predetermined support force distribution in the filled (unfolded) state, and at least one energy-absorbing element that is attached to the airbag in order to unfold it or to locally increase the support force thereof. The energy-absorbing element(s) are arranged such that at least one energy absorbing element may apply itself to an occupant, and may at least partially follow the movements of the same at least to a certain extent. The energy-absorbing element has an occupant-protective function, and/or the airbag has a funnel function relative to an occupant to be supported. The occupant is guided toward the center of the airbag during an impact by means of the funnel function, and is possibly also protected laterally by means of the side walls. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100244414 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat has a seat element that forms a seat surface and has a seat back ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253050 | Steering column mounted knee airbag device - In a knee airbag device mounted on a steering column, an opening that provides a workspace when a wire harness connector that extends from the steering column is connected to a wiring connector provided at one end portion of an inflator is formed in a side wall of a lower cover (or column cover) opposite the connector of the inflator. By using the opening, the connector of the wire harness may be easily connected to the connector of the inflator, which is mounted transversely with respect to the axial direction of the steering column. The opening is closed by a lid. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253051 | KNEE-PROTECTING AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag of a knee-protecting airbag device is prevented from being damaged during inflation and deployment, and the airbag is allowed to deploy evenly on the left and right sides to improve occupant protection function. The inside of an airbag ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100270779 | INFLATABLE KNEE AIRBAGS AND INTERNAL TETHERS PRODUCED FROM SINGLE PANELS OF MATERIAL - An airbag assembly with a reduced-cost knee airbag cushion and internal tethers can be formed from a single rectangular panel of material so that there is very little material waste. A pleat can be formed in a rear face so that the combination of tethers and pleat help the cushion deploy with favorable characteristics and adopt an arced shape when inflated. The cushion can have apertures for inserting an inflator with mounting stems partially within the cushion so that the mounting stems can be used to couple the cushion to an airbag housing. The assembly can also have a bag strap formed from a single piece of fabric that can wrap around a rolled and/or folded cushion. The assembly can also have a stabilizer strap that can be coupled to the cushion and to the airbag housing so that during deployment, the cushion does not skew or twist. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100270780 | KNEE-PROTECTING AIRBAG DEVICE - The inflation and deployment speed of an airbag of a knee-protecting airbag device is increased to quickly deploy the airbag to a position where it can protect the knees of the occupant, thereby improving the occupant protection function. An airbag ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100295279 | COLUMN-MOUNTED KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE - A column-mounted knee airbag device in which a knee airbag can be correctly deployed even when the position of a steering column has changed due to a telescopic function. The column-mounted knee airbag device is equipped with a knee airbag folded inside a column cover covering a steering column main body having a telescopic function, and an inflator that generates gas when a vehicle impact is detected or predicted. The knee airbag opens an airbag door of a column cover by deployment pressure when supplied with gas, and deploys between an instrument panel and the knees of a driver. Gas ejection holes that supply gas from the inflator to the knee airbag are disposed, when viewed from the side with the steering column in a state positioned furthest to the front due to a telescopic function, further to the rear than the instrument panel in the vehicle front-rear direction. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295280 | AIRBAG - An airbag ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295281 | KNEE PROTECTING AIRBAG DEVICE - In a knee protecting airbag device (M | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110012327 | INFLATABLE KNEE AIRBAG HAVING TWO CHAMBERS SEPARATED BY AN INTERNAL TETHER - Inflatable airbag cushions can be formed with one or more inflatable chambers, each having different inflated widths and volumes. For example, an inflatable knee airbag can have a first chamber that is adjacent to the periphery of the airbag and a second chamber that is nested within the first chamber. The two chambers can be fluidly coupled and the second chamber may have a vent formed in it that can release inflation gas out of the airbag. The airbag may have more than one nested chamber. The nested chambers can be defined by one or more internal tethers that can be formed from one or more pieces of material. The airbag can be configured such that it and any internal tethers are produced from a single panel of material. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110031723 | DUAL VOLUME AIR BAG - An air bag module ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110042922 | FOLDING METHOD OF AIRBAG - A folding method of an airbag having a left airbag portion and a right airbag portion is disclosed. In one form, the method includes the steps of: a primary folding step for forming a primary folded body in which said airbag is flattened along a top-bottom direction and along a right-left direction by folding said airbag in a manner that decreases a thickness of said left airbag portion and said right airbag portion along a front-back direction and at least partially separates a left surface of said left airbag portion and a right surface of said right airbag portion along the right-left direction; and a secondary folding step for forming a final folded body by folding said primary folded body in a manner that decreases its width along the top-bottom direction and along the right-left direction. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049847 | KNEE-PROTECTING AIRBAG APPARATUS - The knee-protecting airbag apparatus includes an airbag folded and housed in a lower area inside the column cover. The airbag pushes and opens a door section on the column cover upon deployment. When the door section is thus opened, a door of the door section blocks off an allowance gap formed between an outer circumference of the column cover subjected to position adjustment and a lower area of a peripheral region of an installation opening on a dashboard for installing the column cover by locating a rear edge region of the door to abut on a rear side of the dashboard or the lower area of the peripheral region of the installation opening on the rear side of the dashboard. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110074138 | AIRBAG SYSTEM OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An airbag system is configured to fulfill its role on a saddle-ride type vehicle even when the vehicle collides with a side of a vehicle moving in a generally perpendicular direction. An embodiment of the airbag system includes an airbag which is configured to the inflated and fully upward from the vehicle front of a rider. The airbag includes a head part opposite to a rider's head during inflation and deployment, and a neck part which rises upward from the vehicle and toward the head part. The neck part has a width in a direction of vehicle width which is narrower than that of the head part. The neck part includes neckings curved inward in the direction of the vehicle width. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074139 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - An airbag device for a saddle-ride type vehicle can include an acceleration sensor for detecting impacts working on a body to actuate the airbag, a left-right pair of acceleration sensors in side frame members. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110095512 | KNEE AIRBAG MODULE - A knee airbag module for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising a housing containing an inflatable airbag and an inflator for providing gas for inflating the airbag; and wherein the airbag is configured to inflate and deploy out of the housing into a position forward of the knees of the occupant; where the airbag includes front and rear panels that are connected together to form an inflatable chamber; wherein when the airbag deploys the front panel is positioned adjacent to an instrument panel of the vehicle and the rear panel is positioned adjacent to the occupant; wherein the cross-sectional vertical length of the front panel is shorter than the cross-sectional vertical length of the rear panel thereby causing the airbag to deploy upwardly. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110133435 | ACTIVE BOLSTER - An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster comprises an expansible hollow interior that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position. The bolster has an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior. The bolster has an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the side of the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow interior. The bolster may have a relatively non-expansible component located between a first expansible chamber and a second expansible chamber. The bolster may comprise an outer wall having an attachment portion for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the side of the vehicle. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110156378 | KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A load on the shins when a knee airbag is deployed by inflating in a state in which the knees of an occupant are proximate to an airbag door or suchlike is moderated. Inside a knee airbag, an upper tether and a lower tether are disposed to sandwich an inflator from above and below. First opening portions and second opening portions for letting gas flow through up and down are alternatingly formed in the upper tether and the lower tether. The second opening portions are formed as circular holes with smaller diameters than the first opening portions. The second opening portions are disposed at positions opposing the knees of a small occupant in a sitting state. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110204603 | KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - It is an object to ensure that, even when knee regions of an occupant are in a near state with respect to a storage section of a knee airbag at the time of a frontal collision of a vehicle, the knee regions can be restrained appropriately by the knee airbag. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110215555 | REAR STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A seat is arranged in front of a back door. An airbag is configured to inflate into a space between the seat and the back door in a rear collision of a vehicle. Herein, when a lower frame portion of a headrest support structure body receives a rearward load in the rear collision of the vehicle, an upper frame portion of the headrest support structure body is moved forwardly around a rotational point of connecting members which pivotally connect an upper portion of the headrest support structure body to the vehicle-body side wall. Accordingly, a headrest attached to the upper frame portion is moved forwardly so that the space between the headrest and the back door can be expanded longitudinally and the passenger's head portion can be supported securely. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110241318 | PASSENGER PROTECTION APPARATUS OF VEHICLE - A passenger protection apparatus comprises an airbag having a concaved receiving portion at its specified position which corresponds to a face of a small-sized passenger seated in a passenger's seat when the airbag inflates in a vehicle collision, an inflator supplying gas to the airbag in a collision of a vehicle to inflate the airbag before the passenger's seat, a position sensor detecting a longitudinal sitting position of the passenger seated in the passenger's seat, and a seatbelt device, an airbag unit for pop-up seat, and a knee airbag unit which adjust a restraint position of the passenger in accordance with the longitudinal sitting position of the passenger so that the face f the small-sized passenger is received at said receiving portion of the airbag in the vehicle collision. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241319 | KNEE AIRBAG - A knee airbag module can include a knee airbag cushion and a deployment control mechanism, with the deployment control mechanism limiting displacement of the knee airbag cushion in at least a vertical direction relative to a vehicle. The deployment control mechanism can induce an airbag cushion to deploy in a direction rearward (relative to a front of a vehicle) and oblique along a vehicle dashboard quickly by controlling and limiting the downward deployment distance and making the rearward and oblique direction become a path of least resistance for deployment of the knee airbag cushion. In addition, the airbag module and the deployment control mechanism can permit a knee airbag cushion to provide enhanced coverage of an occupant's leg, such as above the knee of the occupant's leg, by controlling the deployment of the knee airbag cushion without the need to use an airbag cushion with a greater vertical height. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110260431 | PASSENGER AIRBAG SYSTEM - The present invention provides a passenger airbag system that can prevent the airbag cushion from pressing the head of an occupant in a child restraint system mounted on the passenger seat. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110285114 | AIRBAG DEVICE - The present invention obtains an airbag device that can effectively protect an upper body and knees of a passenger by a simple airbag structure. An airbag that structures an airbag device for a passenger's seat has a main bag that restrains an upper body of a vehicle passenger from a front side in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a sub-bag that has a smaller volume than the main bag and that restrains knees of the passenger from the front side in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and an inner tube that is folded-up together with the main bag and the sub-bag and is inflated and expanded within the airbag by a gas supply from an inflator. The inner tube directly supplies gas of the inflator to the main bag and the sub-bag respectively. A check valve is provided at a gas exit that communicates the inner tube with the sub-bag. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120007348 | AIRBAG WITH EXTERNAL TRACTION ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A airbag has a airbag envelope ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120091696 | AIRBAG MODULE - A knee airbag apparatus includes a front panel configured to face toward an occupant when the knee airbag deploys and a rear panel configured to face toward an instrument panel when the knee airbag deploys. The rear panel is joined to the front panel to form an inflatable knee cushion configured to inflate to protect an occupant's knees during a crash event. The knee airbag further includes at least one internal tether extending between the front and rear panels. The internal tether is attached to the front panel at a front panel attachment location offset from a rear panel attachment location. The knee airbag further includes an external tether attached at one end to the front panel, and at a second end at the knee airbag housing. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120104734 | AIR BAG WITH HEIGHT ADAPTIVE TETHER - An apparatus ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120126515 | PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG FOLDED BODY AND PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG APPARATUS - There is provided a passenger-side airbag folded body in which an inflator opening is provided at a base end of an airbag and a vent hole is provided at each of right and left side surfaces of the airbag. Right and left end parts of the airbag are folded along vertical fold lines, thereby providing a vertically long primary folded body. The primary folded body is folded along lateral fold lines, thereby providing the passenger-side airbag folded body serving as a final folded body, and the vent holes are exposed at right and left end faces of the final folded body. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120161425 | AIRBAG - In an airbag, an external wall composed of a flexible woven cloth is adhered and configured by extending a thick thread base cloth and a fine thread base cloth with threads of different thicknesses while performing heat pressing with a coating layer interposed between the thick thread base cloth and the fine thread base cloth. The coating layer is formed by applying a coating agent that forms the coating layer on the thick thread base cloth side in advance. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169031 | SLOPED FACED AIRBAG CUSHIONS FOR MITIGATING NECK INJURY - Airbag cushions are provided that mitigate the potential for injury to an occupant's neck via a sloped face, a particular cushion height, and/or a relatively flat top portion. These airbag cushions can be used with seat belt systems that moderates the seat belt loads acting on the occupant to allow an improved synchronization of the occupant torso and head rebound timing, which in turn limits head and torso differential loading (frontal whiplash) and therefore occupant neck loads and neck, based on the position of the occupant, loads on the seatbelt, or a predetermined time in the crash event. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120205898 | Apparatus for Protecting the Knee Region of a Vehicle Occupant - A knee airbag ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120292893 | BUCKLE CONNECTORS FOR INFLATABLE PERSONAL RESTRAINTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE - Buckle connectors and airbag assemblies for inflatable personal restraints, and associated methods of use and manufacture are described herein. In one embodiment, an inflatable personal restraint system for use in an aircraft includes a web configured to restrain an occupant in a seat, a connector attached to a distal end portion of the web, and an airbag carried by the web. The restraint system further includes an airbag cover at least partially enclosing the airbag and engaging a portion of the connector. The connector can include a tongue portion configured to be releasably engaged with a corresponding buckle to secure the web around a portion of the occupant. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120292894 | AIR BAG DEVICE FOR REAR-END COLLISION - Both ends of a sack-like body are fixed to fastening sections provided in a pillar-like frame in the rearmost part of a vehicle, and the sack-like body is housed along an air bag housing space in a portion of a roof. The sack-like body is composed of a fabric-made article that shrinks longitudinally when extended widthwise. At the time of a rear-end collision, the air bag is inflated by gas supplied from an inflator, and turns into an inflated body, starting from a housed state in the air bag housing space, in such a way that both ends of the air bag are supported by the fastening sections, the inflated shape of the inflated body being restricted by the sack-like body. This inflated body constrains the head sections of vehicle cabin occupants who move rearward due to the rear-end collision. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130015642 | BONNET AIRBAG - Embodiments of the present invention provide a bonnet airbag system that is configured to deploy in a forward manner from a back portion of a seat. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130020788 | Knee Airbag with Passive Venting for Out of Position Occupant Protection - A knee airbag installed in a lower portion of an instrument panel has a deployed condition wherein it extends rearward and upward. The airbag has a left lobe, a right lobe, and a central portion between and joined to the left and right lobes. A vent is formed in the reaction surface of each of the lobes to allow inflation gasses to escape from the airbag when, during a crash event, an occupant force applied forwardly against the lobes is below a threshold level. When the occupant force reaches or exceeds the threshold level, the vents are urged against the instrument panel to substantially block the escape of inflation gasses. The threshold level is selected such that a child-sized occupant standing forward of a desired passenger seating position exerts less than the threshold level. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130056964 | AIRBAG DEVICE - In an airbag inflatable inside a seating portion of a vehicle's seat, the design flexibility, in terms of shape and height, of the airbag in an inflated state is increased. An airbag device ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130056965 | CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE AND VEHICLE - In one form, a curtain airbag device is provided having a gas introduction portion that is folded so as to be disposed on a side surface of a folded body of a curtain airbag main body on a roof side portion side. When the vehicle is involved in a side collision or an overturn, an inflator discharges a gas, which is supplied to a curtain airbag, thereby causing the curtain airbag to start to be inflated. In this case, the gas from the inflator initially flows into the gas introduction portion so as to inflate the gas introduction portion. Thus, the inflating force of the folded body of the curtain airbag main body and the inflating pressure of the gas introduction portion are superposed each other so as to press a lower edge of a roof side garnish toward the inside of the vehicle cabin. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130069347 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING AN AIRBAG OF THE AIRBAG DEVICE INTO A COMPACT STATE, AND VEHICLE WITH THE AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device for a vehicle, a method for transferring an airbag of the airbag device into a compact state, and a vehicle with the airbag device are provided. The airbag device includes an airbag that, on an activation of the airbag device, is configured from a compact state into an expanded state. The airbag has a head region, a thorax region, and a pelvis region. In the expanded state of the airbag, the head region is configured for protection of a head of an occupant situated on a vehicle seat, the thorax region is configured for protection of an upper body of the occupant, and the pelvis region is configured for protection of a pelvis of the occupant. The airbag is configured as a single-chamber side airbag. The airbag device further comprises a gas generator for generation of gas. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130082457 | SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG DEVICE - A seat cushion airbag device mountable to a vehicle seat that includes: a seat section including a seat cushion supported by a support section; and a blower duct having an outlet provided below the seat cushion so as to allow air-conditioning air to be ejected upward. The cushion airbag device includes an airbag, at least a part of which is inflated with an inflating fluid such that a seat surface of the seat section is bulged out. The airbag includes a folded portion. Before the airbag is inflated with the inflating fluid, the airbag is disposed at a position on a front side of the outlet while the folded portion is folded such that the outlet is exposed from the airbag. When the airbag is inflated, the folded portion is deployed so as to extend to a position on a rear side of the outlet. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130099466 | AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a vehicle airbag. The vehicle airbag includes a deployment restricting member linked with an upper portion of a rear surface part of an outer portion of the vehicle airbag, prepared in a strip shape, and having one end statically fixed with a collar of the vehicle airbag in adjacent to the collar of the vehicle airbag and an opposite end coupled with the upper portion of the rear surface part of the outer portion of the vehicle airbag, thereby delaying the rear surface part of the vehicle airbag. A tear part is provided at the central portion of the deployment restricting member so that the tear part is torn under a predetermined pressure. In initial deployment of the vehicle airbag, the upper portion of the rear surface part of the airbag is confined in a folded state, so that the lower portion of the airbag is first inflated. The airbag is prevented from being suddenly inflated, thereby preventing the chest, the neck, or the head of the occupant from being injured. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130106079 | AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT FOR BULKHEAD SEATS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130119646 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH INBOARD SIDE AIR BAG - In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame having a support portion, a seat pad, a trim cover extending over the seat pad, and an air bag assembly. In accordance with this embodiment, the air bag assembly includes an inflator and an air bag, and the air bag assembly is mounted on the support portion of the frame such that the air bag assembly is disposed inboard of the support portion of the frame. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119647 | UPPER VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A pair of right-and-left center pillars, a pair of right-and-left roof side rails, and an inflator provided on the inside, in a vehicle width direction, of the roof side rails and capable of supplying a gas pressure to an airbag are provided. A roof reinforcing member which extends in the vehicle width direction over respective upper end portions of the center pillars or respective nearby portions to upper ends of the center pillars is provided, which includes a front concave portion and a rear concave portion which are concaved downward respectively. The inflator is arranged such that at least a portion of the inflator overlaps with the roof reinforcing member, and a depth of the rear concave portion overlapping with the inflator is shallower than that of the front concave portion positioned nearer the center pillars. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130154244 | PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG, PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - When an air bag body beings to expand due to gas flowing from an inflator into the air bag body, a left side folded piece and a right side folded piece which have been folded into concertinas expand quickly to thrust laterally to the left and right. Vent holes are located to be exposed in upper faces of the folded pieces. Accordingly, the gas can flow out from the interiors of the folded pieces through the vent holes as soon as the folded pieces begin to expand. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130221639 | ASSEMBLY WITH AN INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A KNEE AIRBAG - An airbag housing is carried on a formed part extending from a lower section of an instrument panel for a motor vehicle. The formed part forms at least a front section of an upper wall of a footwell assigned to the vehicle occupants. A knee air-bag is disposed in the airbag housing. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130270804 | AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT - A vehicle airbag arrangement comprises a deployable airbag having a packed state and a deployed state, and a gas generator adapted to supply gas to deploy the airbag from the packed state to the deployed state. At least during initial deployment of the airbag, the gas generator may emit a gas flow substantially in a pre-selected direction. When the airbag is in the packed state, a portion of the airbag forms a starting pocket comprising two panels with an intermediate apex which extend substantially parallel to the pre-selected direction, the starting pocket positioned with the intermediate apex aligned with the pre-selected direction, such that the starting pocket, during the initial deployment of the airbag, initially receives the gas flow, thereby deploying the starting pocket in the pre-selected direction. Such an airbag arrangement may be included in a vehicle seat. A corresponding method of packing an airbag may achieve the airbag arrangement. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130292927 | ROOF AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A roof airbag device includes an outer cushion and an inner cushion. The outer cushion includes a left wing part and a right wing part, which are oppositely disposed about the passenger's head, an upper cushion part connecting the left and right wing parts, and an outlet hole through which an inflation gas from an inflator is transferred. The inner cushion is disposed between the left and right wing parts, and has an inlet hole through which the inflation gas is supplied, and a discharge hole through which the inflation gas is discharged. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130292928 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag and an airbag device allowing the airbag to stably stand by itself are provided. The airbag is usually folded and embedded in an instrument panel, and in an emergency, a gas is supplied to inflate and expand the airbag between a windshield and a passenger. Also, the airbag includes a front inflation portion inflating toward a windshield side, and a back inflation portion inflating toward a passenger side. The front inflation portion includes a bottom portion pressed against a surface of the instrument panel at a time of an inflation and expansion; and a front face portion which projects to the windshield side in a projecting shape. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130313810 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING KNEE AIRBAG CUSHION - A method for manufacturing a knee airbag cushion includes (a) preparing a panel having first and second panel surface parts and a virtual central line interposed between the first and second panel surface parts and is configured such that a distance from the virtual central line to the first panel surface part is different from a distance from the virtual central line to the second panel surface part, (b) folding the first panel surface part, (c) connecting portions of the first and second panel surface parts to each other, (d) folding an area of the virtual central line in the folding direction, and (e) forming a third sewing line to connect the first panel surface part to the second panel surface part. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130341893 | ACTIVE BOLSTER - An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster comprises an expansible hollow interior that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position. The bolster has an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior. The bolster has an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the side of the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow interior. The bolster may have a relatively non-expansible component located between a first expansible chamber and a second expansible chamber. The bolster may comprise an outer wall having an attachment portion for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the side of the vehicle. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140001737 | FOLDED AIRBAG FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140015233 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a projected member that is accommodated in a seat back, and that is projected and deployed above the seat back when inflated by a gas supply; a lateral deployment member whose upper end side is connected to the projected member, whose lower end side is connected to a front end side of a seat cushion, and that is accommodated in a lateral side of the seat cushion and a lateral side of the seat back; and a tension support member whose one end side is supported by the seat back in a portion separated from the lateral deployment member in a seat width direction and whose other end side is connected to an upper end side of the lateral deployment member or the projected member. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015234 | SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG DEVICE - A seat cushion airbag device mountable to a vehicle seat, includes an airbag includes an inflation portion including an upper fabric portion and a lower fabric portion joined to form a bag shape. The inflation portion is inflated between a support portion and a seat cushion of the vehicle seat by an inflating fluid supplied in response to an impact applied to the vehicle from a front side, such that a seat surface of the seat portion bulges, thereby suppressing a forward movement of an object to be restrained on the seat portion. The airbag further includes a restriction member which extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat within the inflation portion and which bridges the upper fabric portion and the lower fabric portion to restrict an inflated thickness of the inflation portion in the upper-lower direction. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140021704 | POLYESTER FABRIC AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a fabric for an airbag, and a production method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polyester fabric which includes a high-strength, high-elongation and low-modulus polyester yarn to show excellent toughness and energy absorbing performance after high-humidity heat treatment for a long period of time, a production method thereof, and an airbag for an automobile including the same. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140021705 | GAS-INFLATABLE DOUBLE-LAYERED FABRIC AND A PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a double-layered fabric including separated two fabric layers which are simultaneously woven by an OPW (one piece woven) method. Specifically, the present invention relates to a gas-inflatable double-layered fabric including a double patterned weave comprised of separated top and bottom fabric layers which are simultaneously woven and have different patterns each other, a preparation method thereof, and an airbag including the same. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140049026 | KNEE AIRBAG HAVING INCREASED PACKAGE WIDTH - A knee airbag assembly is operable to restrain at least one leg of an occupant of a vehicle. The assembly includes an inflator, a housing, and an airbag that moves between a stowed state and a deployed state. The inflator is operable to selectively inflate the airbag to move the airbag from the stowed state to the deployed state. The airbag is housed within the housing in the stowed state, and the airbag extends from the housing in the deployed state. The airbag defines a package width when in the stowed state, and the airbag defines a deployed width when in the deployed state. A ratio of the package width to the deployed width is between approximately 0.8 and 1.0. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049027 | Air Bag Mounting Assembly and Methods - A knee air bag mounting system is provided that includes an air bag mount for a heavy truck-type vehicle. Such an air bag mount includes a front wall having an air bag aperture therein adapted for passage of an air bag module of the knee air bag system. The air bag mount also includes a first side wall extending away from the front wall, a second side wall extending away from the front wall in opposed-spaced relation to the first side wall, a top wall extending away from the front wall, and a bottom wall extending away from the front wall. A bracket structure is disposed within an interior space of the air bag mount and configured to provide a connection point for the air bag module. Each of the first and second side walls and top and bottom walls are free from direct connection to one another. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049028 | SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG - A system for a vehicle may include an interior component, such as a seat assembly, for example, disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The interior component may include an expandable member that may be at least partially exposed to the passenger compartment. The expandable member may expand in response to an impact event from an undeployed state to a fully deployed state without breaking a seam of the expandable member. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140125039 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT SYSTEM HAVING AN ADAPTIVE KNEE AIRBAG - A vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an inflatable knee airbag ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140159353 | KNEE AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES - Knee airbag arrangement for vehicles comprising an airbag module located in a lower area of an instrument panel of a vehicle and an airbag exhibiting an area of lower cross section between the airbag module and the knee impact area which is to catch the knees of a vehicle occupant in the inflated state of the airbag. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140183847 | VEHICLE WITH AN INSTRUMENT PANEL - An instrument panel is integrated into the vehicle, and extends from the driver to the passenger side in a longitudinal extension. The vehicle encompasses a steering wheel, which is arranged on the driver side, and protrudes from the instrument panel in a direction oriented opposite the traveling direction of the vehicle. The vehicle exhibits an airbag module with at least one airbag, which is integrated into the instrument panel in front of the steering wheel as viewed in the traveling direction. The airbag is designed to inflate when and/or after activated out of an opening arranged in the instrument panel in an inflating direction oriented in the direction of an upper body position of the driver. The instrument panel encompasses a guiding ramp, which is designed to guide the airbag over the steering wheel as it being inflated in the inflating direction. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140232092 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a gas bag for vehicles, having a flat, two-dimensional shape when being in an uninflated, vented condition and a three-dimensional shape in an inflated condition, the gas bag having a main piece with opposite end portions, each of the end portions having an end contour, and two minor pieces which each have a connecting portion with a contour with corresponds to the end contour of the main piece, and which each have a filling portion, the two filling portions having similar shapes and similar dimensions. The invention also relates to a method of sewing this gas bag. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140252750 | KNEE AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE AND FOLDING METHOD THEREOF - A method of folding a knee airbag includes folding a lower portion of the knee airbag perpendicularly to a vertical central axis so that a lower end of the knee airbag is placed on the front panel of the knee airbag, individually folding both sides of the knee airbag toward the vertical central axis, and rolling an upper end portion of the knee airbag toward the lower portion of the knee airbag. The lower portion of the folded knee airbag is rapidly deployed toward the leg of an occupant in the initial deployment of the knee airbag, thereby minimizing time to ensure the minimum space between the instrument panel and the leg of the occupant and rapidly confining the leg of the occupant. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140265269 | AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT RESTRICTOR - An apparatus ( | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140291973 | SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG APPARATUS - A seat cushion airbag apparatus is applied to a vehicle seat including a seat unit having a seat cushion supported, from a lower side thereof, by a supporting portion of a seat frame, and an air blowing duct having a blow-out port below the seat cushion, wherein a conditioning air flowing through the air blowing duct is blown out upward from the blow-out port. An inflator is disposed at a location, which is spaced from the blow-out port in a front and rear direction of a vehicle, and an airbag, is inflated between the supporting portion and the seat cushion by an inflation gas supplied from the inflator so that a seat face of the seat unit is raised to prevent a subject to be restrained on the seat unit from being moved forward. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140291974 | VEHICULAR SEATS - Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicular seat having a seat pad, a seat cover, an airbag module, and webbing. The seat cover covers the seat pad. The airbag module is provided inside the seat pad, and has a bag body. The webbing is arranged so as to regulate a direction in which the bag body expands, and has a first portion provided integrally with the seat pad. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140327234 | HEAD RESTRAINT SYSTEM - An inflatable head restraint system comprises an inflatable airbag and a housing for storing the airbag in a packed condition, the housing located behind the back of a head and/or a nape of a user of the inflatable head restraint system. The airbag includes a portion at least partly enclosing the head when the airbag is in an inflated state, which restrains movement of the head in a direction away from the housing. The inflatable head restraint system may be included in a vehicle or a kit, and a method for activating inflation of the airbag of the inflatable head restraint system may be carried out via communication between the inflatable head restraint system and a collision detection system. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140353951 | LEG RESTRAINT DEVICE FOR SIDE-FACING SEATED VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - A leg restraint for side-seated vehicle occupants that includes a leg-restraining member for being mounted in proximity to a side-facing vehicle seat and selectively moveable between a deployed, laterally-extending leg-protecting position and a retracted, non-leg interfering position, and a sensor for detecting abrupt movement in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle incident to an abrupt deceleration of the vehicle and outputting a signal. A gas-inflatable bag is positioned operatively proximate the leg-restraining member and is responsive to the signal output by the sensor for inflating and deploying the leg-restraining member upon the occurrence of the abrupt deceleration of the vehicle. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140361521 | VEHICLE AIRBAG SYSTEM - A vehicle airbag system ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150014969 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag device may include a cushion each of both sides of which is formed with a vent hole through which introduced gas is discharged outside, a vent tether a front of which is connected to a front surface of the cushion and a rear of which is extended toward the vent hole inside the cushion, and a vent screen which is extended from the vent tether, connected to a rear of the vent hole and has a surface area for covering the vent hole. The vent screen is initially folded and upon being pulled by the vent tether when the cushion is deployed, is unfolded frontward to cover and close the vent hole. A force of the vent tether is decreased when the deployed cushion is compressed by a passenger, thereby opening the vent hole to discharge the gas. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150042081 | FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG - A front passenger seat airbag includes a support inflation portion that protrudes downwards from a portion of the airbag, which is positioned on a rear side of a gas inlet port when the airbag is completely inflated, that is in contact with a rear region of an accommodating portion of an instrument panel for accommodation of the airbag, and that is supported by the instrument panel. The support inflation portion is formed by joining together respective lower edges of support inflation configuration portions of outer left and right panels, by joining respective upper edges of the support inflation configuration portions with portions of corresponding outer circumferential edges of outer left panel and outer right panel main bodies, which are positioned in front of respective outer joining portions, and by respectively joining rear edges of the support inflation configuration portions with corresponding front lower edges of inner left and right panels. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150061268 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - An occupant protection device protects an occupant who sits in a seat of a vehicle. The occupant protection device includes a kneecap regulation unit that suppresses a forward movement of the kneecaps of the occupant at the time of a collision of the vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150091280 | VEHICLE - A vehicle has a front seat in which an airbag is deployed so as to inflate in an interior of a seat back in response to a collision, and a rear seat disposed behind the front seat. The vehicle includes: a rear occupancy detector that detects the presence of a seat occupant in the rear seat; and a controller that controls deployment/inflation of the airbag. The airbag in the seat back elastically supports an upper body of a seat occupant of the front seat, and elastically receives an impact force exerted on a back surface of the seat back. The controller cancels deployment/inflation of the airbag when a seat occupant is not present in the rear seat. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091281 | VEHICLE SEAT - A plurality of elastic support members extends across a seat back frame that forms a skeleton of a seat back of the vehicle seat. A seat pad is disposed on the front sides of the elastic support members. An airbag is disposed between the elastic support members and a back portion of a covering in a deflated state. After having deployed, the airbag has such a shape that a deployment amount, in a front-back direction, of the airbag near a side of the seat back is greater than that near a center of the seat back. In a collision or the like, the airbag deploys in the seat back in such a way that, after having deployed, the airbag elastically supports an upper body of an occupant and elastically receives an impact force applied to a back surface of the seat back. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091282 | VEHICLE SEAT AIRBAG SYSTEM AND VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat airbag system includes an airbag which is caused by the vehicle seat airbag system to inflate and develop within a seat back. A plurality of elastic installation supporting members is provided within a seat back frame that forms the framework of the seat back of a seat for the vehicle. A seat pad is disposed on the front surface of each elastic installation supporting member. The airbag in a contracted state is disposed rearwardly of the elastic installation supporting members. All of these components are covered by an outer layer material in a bag shape. The airbag, which inflates and develops in the seat back due to a collision or the like, elastically supports the upper body of a seated person, and elastically receives an impact force which is applied to the rear of the seat back. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150108743 | AIR BAG WITH UNINFLATED POCKET - An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150115579 | NON-SYMMETRICAL KNEE AIRBAG - An exemplary knee airbag assembly may include an airbag cushion that has a first end and a second end. The airbag cushion may be inflatable from a stowed position to a deployed position in which it has a length and a thickness. The exemplary knee airbag assembly may also include an enlarged portion at at least one of the ends of the airbag cushion when the knee airbag assembly is in at least the deployed state. The enlarged portion increases the thickness of the airbag cushion along at least a portion of the length of the airbag cushion at the at least one of the ends of the airbag cushion such that the knee airbag assembly may be non-symmetrical. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150115580 | COMBINATION PASSENGER AIR BAG AND KNEE AIR BAG - An apparatus ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150123385 | ADAPTIVE KNEE AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT DEVICE - A knee airbag ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150329074 | H-POINT REFERENCED SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG SYSTEM - A seat cushion airbag system includes an inflatable airbag with a boundary that bounds an inflatable area, the boundary positioned with respect to an H-point of an occupant. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150353047 | TWO-WHEELER AIRBAG SYSTEM - The present invention provides an airbag apparatus for a two-wheeler vehicle. The airbag apparatus includes at least one front airbag mounted near each leg of a rider of the two-wheeler vehicle, the at least one front airbag to be deployed and inflated for protecting the knees, legs and feet of the rider during emergency conditions. Further, the airbag apparatus includes at least one rear airbag mounted near each leg of a pillion rider of the two-wheeler vehicle, the at least one rear airbag to be deployed and inflated for protecting the knees, legs and feet of the pillion rider during emergency conditions. Yet further, the airbag apparatus includes at least one inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the at least one front airbag and the at least one rear airbag when activated. Finally, the airbag apparatus includes at least one sensor configured to track at least one safety parameter of the two-wheeler vehicle and activate the inflator, when a predetermined threshold of the at least one safety parameter is reached. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150367810 | INFLATABLE CURTAIN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY - An inflatable curtain airbag assembly has a tubular rolled or folded curtain airbag, and at least one stiffening member provided at the tubular rolled or folded curtain airbag. The stiffening member is fixed by an adhesive connection, a sewing connection, a welding connection or a melting connection directly to the curtain airbag. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150375706 | SIDE AND SEAT-BACK AIRBAG - An airbag has a main panel and at least one side panels that is arranged to extend substantially perpendicularly from the main panel when the airbag is inflated. At least one inflator is arranged to inflate all of the panels. The airbag, e.g., via the main panel, may be secured to a back of a vehicle seat. | 12-31-2015 |
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| 20160039385 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An occupant protection apparatus for a vehicle includes: a main bag that, when an occupant who is seated in a seat of the vehicle is about to fall forward, is deployed in front of the occupant and is capable of supporting the head and upper body of the occupant; a sub-bag that is deployed on a longitudinal centerline side of the head of the occupant who plunges into the main bag; and a center bag that is deployed in the center in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The sub-bag is deployed on a door side of the center bag and, when subjected to a load of the head of the occupant who plunges into at least the main bag while being inclined toward the longitudinal centerline side, comes into contact with the lateral side of the center bag on the door side so as to overlap it. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160046252 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - Provided is an airbag apparatus which prevents the neck of an occupant from being injured. To this end, the airbag apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an airbag which is inflated when gas flows into the airbag, and deployed forward toward an occupant; and a slip panel which is coupled to a front surface of the airbag, and has a folded portion that is unfolded by expansive force of the airbag. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160052477 | VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - A vehicle seat device includes: a seat body including a seat cushion and a seatback; at least a pair of airbag modules provided as a left-right pair at left and right side portions of the seat body; and a moveable section that supports the airbag module and is movable with respect to the seat body, wherein the airbag modules are moved, by movement of the moveable section, between first positions along side portions of the seat body, and second positions in front of a front face of the seatback, and airbags deployed from the airbag modules in the second position sandwich an occupant seated in the seat body between the airbags and the seatback. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160052479 | LOWER LIMB PROTECTING AIR BAG - A lower limb protecting air bag, folded stored in front of an occupant seated in a seat and inflatable to cover the front of the lower limbs of the occupant by inflation gas supplied therein, includes: a main body inflation part configured to cover the front of the lower limbs of the occupant when inflation is completed; and a shin protection part arranged at least on one end side of the main body inflation part in the horizontal direction and projectable backward from the main body inflation part for covering the lateral side of the shins of the occupant in the inflation completed time, wherein the shin protection part completes inflation with an internal pressure higher than that of the main body inflation part. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160052480 | KNEE AIRBAG APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FOLDING AIRBAG OF THE SAME - A knee airbag apparatus includes a folded airbag. The folded airbag includes an upper folded part formed by rolling an upper end of the airbag toward a lower end of the airbag after the upper end of the airbag is folded on the front panel; and a lower folded part disposed to be adjacent to the upper folded part by folding at least once a lower portion of the airbag in a direction that is opposite to the rolling direction of the upper folded part. The folded airbag includes a side folded part formed by folding a side portion of the airbag before the upper folded part is formed or by folding both sides of the upper and lower folded parts after the upper and lower folded parts are formed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059815 | AIRBAG FOR KNEE AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag for a knee airbag apparatus which is rapidly deployed upward between the knees of a passenger and instrument panel includes a front panel; a rear panel coupled to the front panel to form an inflation chamber; and a hinge portion having a thin inflation thickness at a position corresponding to a housing connecting portion, at which the instrument panel is coupled to the housing, when the airbag is inflated. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160068131 | LOWER LIMB PROTECTING AIR BAG - A lower limb protecting air bag includes: a main body inflation part; an end side inflation part; a bending part configured to bend the end side inflation part to project backward from the main body inflation part in inflation completion; and a connecting element configured to connect together the end side inflation part and the main body inflation part so that the bent state of the end side inflation part in inflation completion is maintained, wherein: the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part are configured to inflate substantially in a plate shape to separate a front side wall disposed on the back side and a back side wall disposed on the front side when the air bag is developed flat; and the bending part includes a seam part formed by superimposing and connecting together the front side wall and the back side wall. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160090058 | SEAT CUSHION AIRBAG SYSTEM - A seat cushion airbag system may include: a cushion body installed on a seat of a vehicle, unfolded by receiving gas from an inflator, and including a rear chamber which lifts the rear part of the body of a passenger and a front chamber which lifts the front part of the body of the passenger while inflating more than the rear chamber; and an unfolding restriction unit installed between the rear chamber and the front chamber, and having a vent hole through which gas is passed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160121839 | AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag apparatus capable of protecting an occupant using a single airbag while corresponding to various positions of a vehicle where a collision occurs. An airbag of the airbag apparatus is installed on a seatback, and deployed from an upper side of the occupant's head to a lower side of the occupant's head to surround the occupant's upper body, together with the seatback. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129871 | INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR A VEHICLE - An instrument panel for a vehicle, having an instrument panel upper part and a frame-like basic body, which can be mounted on a transverse mounting bar of the vehicle body, which basic body has receptacles for equipping with functional elements, for example radio, glove box, etc., and delimits at least one air channel of a vehicle ventilation system, in particular a defrost channel extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle along the windshield, wherein on the passenger side of the instrument panel an airbag arrangement is integrated which has a firing channel reaching to the instrument panel upper part and an airbag module mounted on a firing channel wall. According to the invention the basic body has at least one supporting section on which the firing channel wall is supported. | 05-12-2016 |
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