Abstract: A sample support is a sample support for sample ionization, including: a substrate formed with a plurality of through holes opening to a first surface and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface; a conductive layer provided not to block the through hole in the first surface; and a reinforcement member disposed inside a part of the plurality of through holes.

Abstract: An airbag having an inflator therein and an airbag system equipped with the airbag are provided, the inflator having a harness taken to the outside through a harness through opening, and the airbag having high inflation durability. An airbag has an inflator therein. Three stud bolts project from an inflator holder attached to the inflator. The bottom of the airbag has three bolt insertion holes through which the stud bolts are passed. A harness through opening is provided between adjacent bolt insertion holes, the harness through opening being for taking a harness for passing electric current to the initiator of the inflator out of the airbag. The harness through opening is shaped like a slit, which extends in the direction substantially orthogonal to the line connecting the bolt insertion holes.

Abstract: In a hood airbag device for use in a vehicle, left and right bag-expansion openings are formed at the rear end portion of the outer hood panel in a hood width direction, and the deployment positions of corresponding left and right airbags are controlled or restrained by the bag-expansion openings, respectively. Further, the hood-center side ends (60L?) of the left air bag (60L) and the hood-center side ends (60R?) of the right air bag (60R) are adapted to press against each other when they are deployed. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the airbags from being raised up by a wind pressure or the like and to quickly deploy the airbags over a broad extent.

Abstract: In a hood airbag device (10) for use in a vehicle, an airbag module (14) is installed in a hood (12) of the vehicle from below an inner hood panel (12) and a door (18) for covering an opening (22A) in an outer panel (24) is mounted thereto independently of the airbag module (14). Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the outer hood panel (12) from being damaged when the airbag module (14) is installed, and also readily performed a fine adjustment of a dimensional deviation when the door (18) is mounted, so that the installability of the airbag module (14) and the door (18) can be significantly enhanced.

Abstract: 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 5a of the airbag 5 is connected to the case 8 by the tether 30. One end of the tether 30 is connected to a mid portion between a facing area R of the cowl masking portion 5a facing the case 8 and the utmost tip portion of the cowl masking portion 5a on each of both left and right end sides thereof, and the other end of the tether 30 is connected to each of left and right end walls 8d of the case 8.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus for pedestrian protection capable of preventing or suppressing deformation of a case in a width-expanding direction when an airbag is expanded, by means of a simple countermeasure, is provided with a case for housing a folded airbag, an inflator for expanding the airbag, a lid that closes an opening of a hood for passing an airbag, and so forth. In the middle of the case in a longitudinal direction, a tie plate serving as a connecting member connecting a front wall portion and a rear wall portion is provided.

Abstract: An airbag is disclosed, in which at least a part of the inside thereof is partitioned into cells. In one form, an airbag apparatus for a pedestrian includes a case for housing a folded airbag, an inflator for inflating the airbag, and a lid that closes an opening of a hood, the opening allowing the airbag to pass through. The inside of the airbag is partitioned by linear stitched portions and. A gas blowing portion of the inflator is disposed to correspond to the stitched portion.

Abstract: In a hood airbag device for use in a vehicle, left and right bag-expansion openings are formed at the rear end portion of the outer hood panel in a hood width direction, and the deployment positions of corresponding left and right airbags are controlled or restrained by the bag-expansion openings, respectively. Further, the hood-center side ends (60L?) of the left air bag (60L) and the hood-center side ends (60R?) of the right air bag (60R) are adapted to press against each other when they are deployed. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the airbags from being raised up by a wind pressure or the like and to quickly deploy the airbags over a broad extent.

Abstract: An airbag device 4 for pedestrian structured to drain water in a case to a cowl includes a case 8 for storing an airbag 5 in a folded state, an inflator 9 for inflating the airbag 5, and a lid 10 which closes an opening 3a of a hood 3, which allows passage of the airbag. Discharge passages 9 for draining water which has intruded into the case 8 to a cowl louver 2 are formed at both ends of the case 8 in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An opening 3a for allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hood 3 is covered by a lid 20. A rear edge 20r of the lid 20 is rotatably joined to the rear edge side of the opening 3a via hinges 21, and a front edge 20f and the rear edge 20r of the lid 20 are disengageably engaged with a peripheral edge portion of the opening 3a by clips 30, respectively. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the hinges 21 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the clips 30 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle hood airbag device in which a door (18) that covers an opening (22A) in the outer hood panel (22) is supported by a hinge (21) when an airbag (16) is deployed. The hinge (21) is connected to a stepped bolt (52) (a connector member) on the side of an inner hood panel (24) so that the hinge (21) is relatively displaceable within a predetermined range with respect to the inner hood panel (24). Accordingly, it is possible to accommodate the dimensional variation between the opening (22A) of the outer hood panel (22) and the door (18) when the door (18) is attached to the outer hood panel (22) to cover the opening (22A) by the relative displacement of the hinge (21) with respect to the stepped bolt (52), thereby maintaining design integrity with the external appearance of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle hood airbag device in which an in-hood reinforcement (28) is arranged in a hood width direction at a rear end portion of an inner hood panel (20). The in-hood reinforcement (28) has longitudinal opposite end portions coupled to left and right hood hinge reinforcements (40) that are disposed on the respective lateral sides of the inner hood-panel (20) to increase the rigidity of the inner hood panel (20). Further, by fixing the airbag case (46) to the in-hood reinforcement (28), the rigidity of the inner hood panel (20) is further increased.

Abstract: A vehicle hood airbag device in which an in-hood reinforcement (28) is arranged in a hood width direction at a rear end portion of an inner hood panel (20). The in-hood reinforcement (28) has longitudinal opposite end portions coupled to left and right hood hinge reinforcements (40) that are disposed on the respective lateral sides of the inner hood-panel (20) to increase the rigidity of the inner hood panel (20). Further, by fixing the airbag case (46) to the in-hood reinforcement (28), the rigidity of the inner hood panel (20) is further increased.

Abstract: An outwardly deploying airbag system can maintain the internal pressure of an airbag for a required period without vainly increasing the maximum internal pressure of the airbag during inflation. When a sensor detects a collision with a pedestrian, an inflator performs a first gas injection step. An airbag is thereby deployed into a final deployment shape. Subsequently, when the internal pressure of the airbag falls to a predetermined pressure because of leakage of gas through vent holes, and a sensor predicts or detects a collision with a pedestrian, the inflator performs a second gas injection step. Consequently, the internal pressure of the airbag remains high for a long period, and the airbag sufficiently absorbs an impact whenever the pedestrian hits the airbag. The pressure and amount of gas injected in the first gas injection step can be made smaller than in related art, and the required airbag strength is reduced.

Abstract: An airbag device for pedestrian is structured to inflate plural airbags side by side to suppress the impact to the pedestrian hit by the automobile at the area around the abutment portion between the adjacent airbags. An airbag 5L inflates to cover left half side of a rear edge portion of a hood 3, a cowl top 2 and a windshield 6 from the center of the automobile in a width direction, and an airbag 5R inflates to cover right half side. In the inflation state, the airbags 5L and 5R are brought into abutment around the center of the automobile in the width direction. Recess portions 10F and 10R are formed as cut portions of a front wall portion 8b and a rear wall portion 8c of an airbag storage case 8 from upper edge portions below the abutment portion between the airbags 5L and 5R.

Abstract: An airbag, in which at least a part of the inside thereof is partitioned into cells, is easily manufactured. An airbag apparatus 4 for a pedestrian includes a case 8 for housing a folded airbag 5, an inflator 9 for inflating the airbag 5, and a lid 10 that closes an opening 3a of a hood 3, the opening 3a allowing the airbag 5 to pass through. The inside of the airbag 5 is partitioned by linear stitched portions 15 and 16. A gas blowing portion 9b of the inflator 9 is disposed to correspond to the stitched portion 15.

Abstract: In a hood airbag device (10) for use in a vehicle, an airbag module (14) is installed in a hood (12) of the vehicle from below an inner hood panel (12) and a door (18) for covering an opening (22A) in an outer panel (24) is mounted thereto independently of the airbag module (14). Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the outer hood panel (12) from being damaged when the airbag module (14) is installed, and also readily performed a fine adjustment of a dimensional deviation when the door (18) is mounted, so that the installability of the airbag module (14) and the door (18) can be significantly enhanced.

Abstract: A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An opening 3a for allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hood 3 is covered by a lid 20. A rear edge 20r of the lid 20 is rotatably joined to the rear edge side of the opening 3a via hinges 21, and a front edge 20f and the rear edge 20r of the lid 20 are disengageably engaged with a peripheral edge portion of the opening 3a by clips 30, respectively. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the hinges 21 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction. The clips 30 on the front edge 20f side and the clips 30 on the rear edge 20r side are arranged so as to be shifted in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: 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 5a of the airbag 5 is connected to the case 8 by the tether 30. One end of the tether 30 is connected to a mid portion between a facing area R of the cowl masking portion 5a facing the case 8 and the utmost tip portion of the cowl masking portion 5a on each of both left and right end sides thereof, and the other end of the tether 30 is connected to each of left and right end walls 8d of the case 8.

Abstract: There are provided an airbag having an inflator therein and an airbag system equipped with the airbag, the inflator having a harness taken to the outside through a harness through opening, and the airbag having high inflation durability. An airbag 5 has an inflator 9 therein. Three stud bolts 12 project from an inflator holder 11 attached to the inflator 9. The bottom of the airbag 5 has three bolt insertion holes 20 through which the stud bolts 12 are passed. A harness through opening 22 is provided between adjacent bolt insertion holes 20, the harness through opening 22 being for taking a harness 9b for passing electric current to the initiator of the inflator 9 out of the airbag 5. The harness through opening 22 is shaped like a slit, which extends in the direction substantially orthogonal to the line connecting the bolt insertion holes 20.