Patents Assigned to Autoliv Development AB
  • Seatbelt device
    Patent number: 9079563
    Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a rotation transfer mechanism configured to transfer rotation of an adjustment gear to a sensor housing to swing the sensor housing in the front-back direction of a vehicle. The turning axis of the adjustment gear and the swing axis of the sensor housing intersect each other at a predetermined angle with the swing axis of the sensor housing arranged in a horizontal direction with respect to the left-right direction of the vehicle. An inertial element support surface of the sensor housing is kept horizontal by swing motion of the sensor housing in the front-back direction of the vehicle, even if a seat back is tilted in the front-back direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ito, Yusuke Shinya, Ganta Hibata, Jin Hayashihara
  • Self-locking seat belt retractor
    Patent number: 9073514
    Abstract: A self-locking seat-belt retractor for a vehicle has a U-shaped seat belt retractor frame (2) with two opposite frame pieces (2a, 2b) each with an opening (2c, 2d), in which a belt shaft (1) is rotatably mounted. A sensor device (3) is configured to actuate a locking device (4) to lock the belt shaft (1) if a predetermined vehicle deceleration is exceeded. A mass (6) is supported in a housing of the sensor device. The sensor device (3) with the housing (9) is held in a support element (7) mounted on the frame piece (2a) of the seat belt retractor frame (2). The support element (7) protrudes into an opening 25 on the frame piece (21) from one side with a portion receiving the sensor device (3). A cover element (11) closes the opening (25) from the other side of the frame piece (2a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Frank Wulff
  • Side airbag
    Patent number: 9073510
    Abstract: A side airbag with an outer skin includes a first side wall and a second side wall connected to one another along an edge. An outlet opening is located in the first side wall, and a closing element is located between the two side walls. The closing element has a covering section connected to the outer skin via at least one first connecting area and covering the outlet opening at least partially when the covering section lies against the first side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Guillaume Alenspach, Aimeric D Humieres, Sebastien Vanzieleghem, Nicolas Ganzinotti
  • Curtain airbag
    Patent number: 9067562
    Abstract: A curtain airbag housed in an upper part of a side surface portion in a vehicle interior and inflating and deploying along the side surface portion. The curtain airbag includes an end chamber at a front end portion of the curtain airbag that inflates when receiving an inflation and deployment gas. A strap is attached, at a leading end portion thereof, to a first attachment point P on a front pillar 114 of the vehicle and passes through an exterior side of the end chamber, and moreover attached, at a rear end portion thereof, to a seam portion 144 that defines the end chamber. The first attachment portion is set to include a second plane L2 that is vertically below, but parallel to a first plane L1 passing through an A1 break point that is a center of an impact expected area E overlapped with the end chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Atsushi Nakashima
  • BUCKLE APPARATUS FOR SEAT BELT
    Publication number: 20150166005
    Abstract: Disclosed is a buckle apparatus for a seat belt. The buckle apparatus Includes an upper cover including a front plate formed with an opening part; a lower cover engaged with a lower portion of the upper cover and provided therein with a base frame; a latch member including one end rotatably supported on the base frame and locked with a tongue plate inserted through the opening part; an ejector assembly provided on the base frame for locking and releasing between the tongue plate and the latch member; and a release button slidably provided on both sides of the base frame and disposed in an upper portion of the opening part so that one side of the release button is exposed. At least one elastic member is integrally provided on an upper end of the front plate to elastically press a bottom surface of the tongue plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Byoung Gae You
  • Tensioning device for a safety belt
    Patent number: 9050941
    Abstract: A tensioning device (10) for a seat belt, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17) and a piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16), whereas the pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), as a result of which the piston (21) can be driven to perform a tensioning operation which can be transmitted to the seat belt by means of the force transmission means. The piston (21) having a closed or constricted opening (1, 1a), and the opening (1, 1a) can be enlarged and/or opened by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
  • Front airbag device
    Patent number: 9027960
    Abstract: A front airbag device in which an airbag module can be detached from a steering wheel with a simpler operation is provided. A front airbag device includes a steering wheel and an airbag module. The airbag module includes a housing. The steering wheel includes a positioning hook and a retaining hook. The housing includes a positioning tab on which the positioning hook is hooked and a rod-shaped elastic body on which the retaining hook is hooked. The positioning tab has an extension portion, and the steering wheel has a window portion which enables the extension portion to be visible from the outside. The positioning tab is tilted whereby the positioning tab is disconnected from the positioning hook and the elastic body can move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Yuichiro Yoshida
  • Height adjuster for a fastening fitting of a safety belt system
    Patent number: 9027964
    Abstract: A height adjuster (1) for a bracket of a safety belt for a motor vehicle includes a profiled rail (2) a base (22) and side walls (11, 12), wherein in at least one side wall (11, 12) a latching contour (14, 15) is provided, a sliding member (16) which can be displaced along the profiled rail (2) and includes a latching means for latching the sliding member (16) in the latching contour (14, 15), and a control element (3) for releasing the latching means. At least one recess (21) is provided at a side edge of the sliding member (16) and the latching means is formed by at least one latching element (4, 5) located in the recess (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Peter Neero, Aivo Kees, Larissa Melnikova
  • Airbag device
    Patent number: 9022423
    Abstract: An airbag device for stably controlling gas discharge and restraining an occupant in a vehicle. A first vent hole, for discharging gas from the airbag, is formed in a portion of the airbag, and one end of a tubular discharge restricting member is connected to the first vent hole. Once the airbag is inflated and deployed to a predetermined extent or more, the first vent hole is closed by the discharge restricting member. Prior to deployment, at least a portion of the airbag is folded in a bellows shape to form a folded portion. The connecting portion between the discharge restricting member and the first vent hole is positioned in a trough portion of the folded portion. The other end of the discharge restricting member is stored so as to face the outer side and not to protrude beyond an outer edge of the folded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Naoki Hosoe, Hitoshi Koyama
  • Assembly with an instrument panel for a motor vehicle and a knee airbag
    Patent number: 9022416
    Abstract: 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 airbag is disposed in the airbag housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Nico Wallat, Marcus Wagner
  • Cover for airbag device, and airbag device
    Patent number: 9022415
    Abstract: A cover for an airbag device, which includes: a cover portion configured to cover an airbag in a folded state; a hollow insertion portion configured to be inserted into an attachment hole on the vehicle; a locking portion inserted into the attachment hole together with the insertion portion and locked at the vehicle; and a connecting portion provided inside the insertion portion and connecting inner surfaces of the insertion portion with each other so as to reinforce the insertion portion. The cover portion, the insertion portion, the locking portion, and the connecting portion are integrally formed, and the connecting portion is present at least at a position closer to a distal end side of the insertion portion in an insertion direction than the position of the attachment hole when the locking portion is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Minhun Kim, Jinhua Piao, Atsushi Yamada
  • CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150115581
    Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle includes a main chamber shaped in such a way that, in the position being mounted on the vehicle, in the inflated state the main chamber covers an inner side structure of the vehicle. The curtain airbag further includes an additional chamber which, in the mounting position, is located on the in driving direction of the vehicle front portion of the main chamber, and deploys in the direction of the interior of the vehicle when the curtain airbag is inflated. An extended section connects the additional chamber and the main chamber at a rim section at the same side and limits movement of the additional chamber during the inflation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Jan Mazanek, Dion Kruse
  • Lane Marking Crossing Warning System
    Publication number: 20150097661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lane marking crossing warning system (22) for a vehicle (1), the warning system (22) including a sensor arrangement (2) arranged to detect at least one lane marking line (5, 6, 7) that defines a corresponding lane boundary; a control unit (3) arranged to determine if the vehicle (1) has entered a curve (9, 9?); and warning means (13), arranged to issue a warning. When the control unit (3) has determined that the vehicle (1) has entered a curve (9, 9?), the control unit (3) is arranged to determine if an imaginary sensor line (8a, 8b) running a certain distance (11, 12) from the lane marking line (5, 6) has been crossed by the vehicle (1). If that is the case, the control unit (3) is arranged to determine that a warning is to be issued by the warning means (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Benny Nilsson
  • Curtain airbag for a vehicle
    Patent number: 8998250
    Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle includes a main chamber shaped in such a way that, in a position being mounted on the vehicle, in the inflated state the main chamber covers an inner side structure of the vehicle. The curtain airbag further includes an additional chamber which, in the mounting position, is located on the in driving direction of the vehicle front portion of the main chamber, and deploys in the direction of the interior of the vehicle when the curtain airbag is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Dion Kruse, Jan Mazanek
  • Fabric for use in the manufacture of an inflatable air-bag
    Patent number: 8991855
    Abstract: A fabric for use in the manufacture of an inflatable air-bag, the fabric having interwoven warp fibers and weft fibers which are arranged substantially perpendicular to one another, one or more of the warp and weft fibers being at least partially coated with an adhesive substance to increase the friction between the warp and weft fibers at their intersections. In another embodiment, the fabric is formed from fibers having a central core and another sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Altay Kismir, David Stow, Gary Wootton, Hugh Finn, Ralf Koehnen
  • Airbag system for passenger protection
    Patent number: 8991857
    Abstract: An airbag system (3) having a two-chamber airbag (4), wherein the main chamber has an impact surface (7) which the vehicle occupant can contact and a support surface (8) with the main chamber (5) supported on an interior fitting (2) of the vehicle. A secondary chamber (11) forms a support cushion for the main chamber (5), the main chamber (5) having a greater volume than the secondary chamber (11). The secondary chamber (11) is located between the support surface (8) and the interior fitting (2). The airbag (4) has an overflow protective element (24) between the main and secondary chambers (11). A first gas generator (16) inflates the main chamber (5) and a second gas generator (17) inflates the secondary chamber (11), wherein both generators (16, 17) or only the first generator (16) can be controlled for inflating the main chamber (5) as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Thierry Jacqmarcq, Remi Baillivet
  • Steering wheel structure with airbag module
    Patent number: 8985623
    Abstract: A steering wheel structure with an airbag module having a horn bracket fixed to a steering wheel, an airbag module having an inflator and serving as a weight, a spring unit installed between the airbag module and the horn bracket and transmitting vibrations of the steering wheel to the airbag module for configuring a dynamic damper. The spring unit including an elastic body that transmits the vibrations and a protector attached to the horn bracket and housing the elastic body therein in an elastically deformable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Autoliv Development AB, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Yukihiro Kunitake, Kunitomo Miyahara, Yutaka Hirota, Yutaka Tsuchida, Kunio Ohbayashi, Hiroshi Takamori, Koichi Akiyama
  • Middle side airbag confined between arm-rest and seat
    Patent number: 8985625
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement includes a middle side airbag confined between an arm-rest and a seat. The middle side airbag protects a driver of a vehicle and a passenger from the collision between the driver and the passenger upon vehicle collision. A cushion inflated from a back part of a driver seat is firmly fixed between the driver seat and an arm-rest to restrict the movement of occupants. The middle side airbag includes vertical sewed lines to vertically form a partition, or includes inclined sewed lines to inflate the middle side airbag toward at an expected collision position between the driver and the passenger. An inflator is provided on a lateral surface of a back part of the driver seat. As soon as air is injected into the middle side airbag, the middle side airbag is inflated while forming contact parts confined in the space between an arm-rest and a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Tae Ik Gwon, Soon-Bok Lee
  • Vehicle battery safety system
    Patent number: 8983733
    Abstract: A safety arrangement (1) for a motor vehicle having an electric battery (2) and an occupant safety device (6) such as an airbag (7) or seat-belt pre-tensioner. The arrangement (1) having a crash sensor (10) responsive to acceleration, a battery sensor (13-17) arranged to monitor a battery parameter indicative of the condition of the battery, an actuator (8) for activating the occupant safety device (6), and a control unit (9) operable to receive and process signals (x,b) from both the crash sensor (10) and the battery sensor (13-17). The control unit (9) is operable to issue an actuating command to the actuator (8) to activate the occupant safety device (6) in response to a signal x from the crash sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Heath Knight-Newbury, Frederic Chausseron
  • Seatbelt buckle apparatus
    Patent number: 8978214
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle device in which the jumping or roll-over height of a counterweight is decreased allowing the seat belt buckle device to be reduced in size. The seat belt buckle device includes an outer case into which a tongue plate is inserted, a latch member that latches the tongue plate, a slideable release button, and a counterweight that resists sliding of the release button. The counterweight includes a shaft that engages a bearing groove formed in the release button and receives the force that rotates the counterweight due to the sliding of the release button. The rotating shaft has a recessed portion in its outer circumferential surface with this portion being configured to come into contact with the bearing groove of the release button when the release button slides into the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Goshu Kataoka, Shinya Obata, Toru Nakamura