With Specific Mounting Feature Patents (Class 280/728.2)
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Patent number: 11046281Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include: a main chamber installed between a headliner and a vehicle body and provided to be downwardly unfolded to the interior of the vehicle; a diffuser being provided at an inlet portion of the main chamber connected with an inflator, formed with a first outlet and a second outlet which receive and discharge gas from the inflator; and an additional chamber connected with the second outlet of the diffuser and communicated with the second outlet to receive gas from the diffuser and inflated between the headliner and the vehicle body to separate the headliner from the vehicle body. In particular, the diffuser includes a joined portion to close partially or fully the first outlet, and the diffuser increases the gas supply to the main chamber when the joined portion is opened by an internal pressure of the diffuser.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Jae Haeng Yoo
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Patent number: 11040687Abstract: A restraint system is provided for helping to protect first and second occupants of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with first and second seats for receiving the first and second occupants. The restraint system includes first and second airbags mounted to the vehicle roof. Each of the first and second airbags has a stored condition and is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the respective first and second occupants. The deployed first and second airbags are spaced from one another in an inboard-outboard direction. A tether is connected to the first and second airbags for limiting relative inboard-outboard movement between the airbags in response to occupant penetration.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.Inventors: Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar, Wael Youssef-Agha
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Patent number: 11040690Abstract: A side curtain airbag assembly includes an airbag cushion having a length and a height; a wrapper sheet having a length extending along the airbag cushion and a width perpendicular to the length; and a plurality of mounting strips distributed along the length. Each mounting strip includes a mounting bracket; a wrapping strip; and a connector strap. The wrapper sheet extends across at least two of the mounting strips and is affixed to the airbag cushion by at least one seam composed of stitches. The stitches divide the length of the wrapper sheet into a first partial width and a second partial width of the wrapper sheet. The first partial width of the wrapper sheet has a plurality of cutout openings distributed along an outer edge extending along the length of the wrapper sheet and aligned with the mounting strips. The second partial width can be free of cutout openings.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventor: Ryan Montgomery
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Patent number: 11034319Abstract: An assembly includes a housing (12) and a cover (20) that define a cavity (15). An air bag (22) is positioned in the cavity (15), and the cover (20) has hooks (46) that engage with the housing (12) to secure the cover (20) to the housing (12). The air bag (22) expands to absorb kinetic energy of a driver. The hooks (46) are energized into engagement with the housing (12) directly or indirectly by the air bag (22) as it expands.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.Inventor: Byron Spencer
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Patent number: 11034321Abstract: An elongate airbag module (10) of a vehicle occupant restraint system includes a folded airbag (12) which is received in an envelope (14), wherein the envelope (14) includes a weakened zone through which the airbag (12) can deploy out of the envelope (14) upon activation of the airbag module (10), and wherein the envelope (14) comprises at least one elongate flexible fixing tab (16) having at least one opening (24b) by means of which the airbag module (10) can be fastened to a vehicle via a fastening clip (18) which in portions extends through the opening (24b). Portions of the fastening clip (18) are wrapped in the fixing tab (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventor: Tatjana Schmid
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Patent number: 11027687Abstract: A steering wheel having a steering wheel body (10) having a first force transmitting component, and a horn actuation element. The horn actuation element having a horn actuation surface (23) and having a second force transmitting component. A load cell (30) is provided having a sensitive element that changes at least one of its electrical properties in response to a compression force. The sensitive element placed between the first and second force transmitting components. At least one elastically deformable element is provided between the steering wheel body (10) and the horn actuation element. When a pushing force is applied to the horn actuation surface (23) the force applied to the sensitive element changes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Jean Bernard Tessier, Gilles Garret, Laurent Groleau, Sylvain Leforestier, Paul Lebarbier
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Patent number: 11007966Abstract: An airbag includes an annular attachment portion having an opening portion through which a bracket can be inserted and which is open in a substantially square shape. A case includes a protective ring portion having an opening through which the bracket can be inserted and which protects the annular attachment portion. The protective ring portion includes a corner cover portion that covers areas of front and rear corner portions on an upper edge side of an inner peripheral edge of the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kakimoto
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Patent number: 11001224Abstract: A gas generator includes a housing constructed by combining and joining a plurality of shell members. One of the plurality of shell members includes a cylindrical portion and a flange portion. The cylindrical portion is provided with a plurality of gas discharge openings including gas discharge openings different in opening area from one another. The flange portion is shaped such that a distance from an axial line of the cylindrical portion to an outer edge of the flange portion is non-uniform. When a perpendicular line is drawn to the axial line from a maximum outer geometry position in the outer edge of the flange portion most distant from the axial line, a gas discharge opening arranged closest to the perpendicular line is a gas discharge opening other than a gas discharge opening largest in opening area among the plurality of gas discharge openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Ueda, Satoshi Ohsugi, Hiroaki Koyama, Haruki Takizawa
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Patent number: 11001223Abstract: A method of manufacturing a folded airbag comprising the steps of: providing an airbag cushion; heating the airbag material, folding the heated airbag material; compressing the folded airbag material obtained in step c) and optionally cooling the compressed airbag.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.Inventors: Peter Roos, Holger Maul
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Patent number: 10994685Abstract: A knee airbag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an outer housing (12) having a front side (14) including a deployment aperture (18) as well as an opposite rear side (16), an airbag (20) and an inflator (32) which provides filling gas for the deployment of the airbag (20). The airbag (20) is folded and in the folded state is retained by a flexible airbag wrapping (34) while forming an airbag package (24), wherein the airbag package (24) constitutes a pre-assembled unit and the flexible airbag wrapping (34) closes off the knee airbag module (10) at least in portions to the outside. There is provided a rigid outer housing part (42) which includes a first bearing zone (54) positioned in the area of the airbag package (24) against which the airbag (20) bears during deployment.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Daniel Elija, Werner Freisler
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Patent number: 10988099Abstract: A cover body of an air-bag device for covering an air bag includes a cover body part and an emblem attached to the front side of the cover body part. The emblem includes a planar light source, a light-transmissive panel covering the planar light source and a decoration component fixed to the cover body part to retain an outer circumferential part of the panel. The panel includes a panel part and an engagement part which is provided on the outer circumferential part of the panel part and engaged with the decoration component.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Ohki, Yohei Kiuchi
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Patent number: 10981533Abstract: A side airbag device includes: an inflator; a cushion main body that is disposed at a side of a seat of a vehicle and that is expandable from the side toward a front of the vehicle by a gas; a cushion protrusion that is disposed at a vehicle front side with respect to the cushion main body and that is expandable to project further toward the front of the vehicle by receiving the gas from the cushion main body; a tether that is string-shaped, the tether bridging from the cushion protrusion over a predetermined position of the side of the seat, the tether maintaining the cushion protrusion in a state in which the cushion protrusion is folded back toward a rear of the vehicle; a sensor that receives information from the vehicle; and a tether cutter that cuts the tether according to the information obtained by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Makoto Fuma, Hideho Fukuda, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Takanari Muroya
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Patent number: 10967829Abstract: A driver's side airbag module for a vehicle. The airbag module includes an upper panel, a lower panel, and an extension panel. The extension panel has a varying width. A lateral tether restrains the extension panel in the lateral direction when the airbag module is deployed. The extension panel and the lateral tether create an oblong shaped airbag cushion. The airbag module also includes a lower tether that connects the lower panel and the bottom of the upper panel so that the upper panel is held on the bottom portion during deployment.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventors: Justin Mills, Pratik Rane, Roland Furtado
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Patent number: 10955610Abstract: An emblem device includes an air bag cover, a substrate mounted inside the air bag cover, a light source mounted on the substrate and configured to emit light, a light guide plate mounted outside the air bag cover and configured to diffuse the light emitted from the light source, and an emblem located in front of the light guide plate and configured to cover a part of the light guide plate. The light emitted from the light guide plate is emitted in front of the emblem through a space formed between the air bag cover and the emblem.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Oh Koang Kwon
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Patent number: 10933832Abstract: A head protection airbag device includes: an airbag configured to cover a window of a vehicle; and a synthetic resin case configured to store a folding completed body of the airbag. The case includes a case body, and a pressing piece formed to partially protrude downward from an upper edge side of the case body and formed to cover a vehicle inner side of the folding completed body. The pressing piece has a band-like outer shape having a width direction substantially along a front and rear direction, and is configured to be able to press the folding completed body toward the case body so that the pressing piece can be bent with respect to the case body and the pressing piece can maintain a folded shape of the folding completed body, the pressing piece formed substantially along a vehicle interior surface of the folding completed body.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kakimoto
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Patent number: 10919480Abstract: The present invention provides a retainer for retaining, from outside, a housing of a gas generator including a circumferential wall provided with no flange, the retainer including a combination of a first retainer and a second retainer, the first retainer having a first annular circumferential wall, a first flange, a first inward protruding portion and a first folded portion, the second retainer having a second annular circumferential wall and a second flange, and the first retainer being fitted from the side of the top plate or the side of the bottom plate of the housing of the gas generator such that the first annular circumferential wall abuts against a part of the circumferential wall of the housing of the gas generator, the second retainer being fitted from the side of the bottom plate or the side of the top plate of the housing of the gas generator such that the second annular circumferential wall abuts against a remaining part of the circumferential wall of the housing of the gas generator, and theType: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Hirooka, Koji Yamamoto, Masayuki Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10906498Abstract: It is provided a gas generator support for attaching a gas generator of a vehicle occupant restraint system to a vehicle structure, comprising a receiving region for the gas generator as well as a first and a second fastening region, via which the gas generator support can be attached to the vehicle structure. The gas generator support is twisted about a longitudinal axis such that after attaching the first fastening region to the vehicle structure the second fastening region is pretensioned against the vehicle structure and with at least one abutment portion clampingly rests against the vehicle structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Germany GMBHInventors: Baki Özyürek, Alexander Aulbach, Wolfgang Siegel, Thomas Reichenbecher
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Patent number: 10899302Abstract: An airbag device for a steering wheel includes: an inflator for supplying an inflation gas to a folded airbag, the inflator including: a main body having a gas discharge portion on an upper portion side; and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body which is the outer peripheral surface located further on a lower side than the gas discharge port; an attachment base holding the inflator by making the flange portion be attached to the attachment base; fastening members arranged at a plurality positions in a lower surface side around the inflator and mounted on the steering wheel main body by the fastening members. Each of the fastening members is disposed such that at least a part of the fastening member is disposed so as to vertically overlap the flange portion in a lower side of the flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Tadashi Yamada, Yuji Sato, Koji Kawamura
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Patent number: 10896792Abstract: An instrument panel that reduces dust entering the inside of a switch and improves aesthetics of the instrument panel. An instrument panel includes: an outlet portion configured to blow out conditioned air to an interior of a vehicle; a switch attachment portion at which a switch member is disposed; a cover member configured to cover a part of the outlet portion and the switch attachment portion and distribute air from the outlet portion to the interior of the vehicle; and an exhaust hole covered with the cover member and provided at a portion of the switch attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Sakai, Yuichi Nobusawa
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Patent number: 10864879Abstract: Ahead protection airbag device includes an airbag. The airbag includes: a hag main body; and an attachment member configured to attach the bag main body to a predetermined attachment part. The attachment member includes: an attachment substrate; a neck part protruding from the attachment substrate; and an engaging head part arranged with being bulged at a tip end of the neck part. The bag main body has an insertion hole in which the neck part is inserted so as to enable the engaging head part to protrude from an outer surface-side of a folded body of the bag main body. The attachment substrate is arranged at a backside of a peripheral edge of the insertion hole so that the attachment member is attached to the bag main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryosuke Jinnai, Makoto Yamanaka, Kunihiro Aikawa, Hiroki Imaeda
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Patent number: 10864880Abstract: A housing for a knee airbag module includes an enclosure structured to receive a knee airbag module therein, and a door rotatably coupled to the enclosure. A first securement element mounting hole is formed in the door at a location in the door structured to reside adjacent an outboard edge and a rearmost edge of the door when the door is in an open condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Andrew L. Ross, Jonathan Quijano
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Method for manufacturing a gas bag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system, and gas bag module
Patent number: 10850700Abstract: It is provided a method for manufacturing a gas bag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system. The method comprising the steps: providing a gas bag; prefolding the gas bag; pressing at least a portion of the prefolded gas bag under the influence of heat; and folding the pressed gas bag to a final dimension.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Thomas Reichenbecher, Axel Grüner, Karl-Heinz Bührlen -
Patent number: 10851768Abstract: Is disclosed an electrical grounding assembly arrangement for reciprocating compressor capable of optimizing the assembly of the electrical grounding connection and allows a quick visual inspection of the same, while providing a saving of electrical conductors, which are nonexistent in light of the invention in question. For this purpose, the casing (of the frequency inverter, which is fixed to the external region of the compressor housing) includes an electrical grounding bus capable of receiving, on its external portion, a fixing metal element specially adapted to electrically connect the outer portion of the electrical grounding bus and the electrical grounding connection of the housing and, at the same time, mechanically fixing the casing to the reciprocating compressor housing by physically locking the external portion of the electrical grounding bus and the electrical grounding connection of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Embraco Industria De Compressores E Solucoes Em Refrigeracao Ltda.Inventors: Vagner Roberto Malon, Marcelo Alessandro Santos, Rafael Burg Rech
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Patent number: 10850698Abstract: A side door for a motor vehicle is formed from a flexible material such as a fabric and has a chamber formed therein which houses an occupant protection side airbag or curtain airbag.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Markus Koelsch
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Patent number: 10843655Abstract: It is provided an airbag arrangement for a vehicle-occupant-restraining system, comprising an airbag, wherein at least one airbag layer delimits an inflatable volume of the airbag; and at least one fastening tab, which is connected to the airbag layer and is intended for fastening the airbag on a vehicle component. The entire fastening tab is formed from a different material to that of the airbag layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Jens Feller, Axel Gruner
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Patent number: 10829074Abstract: An inflatable knee airbag having a flexible housing is disclosed. An inflatable knee airbag may provide protection for the lower anatomy of an occupant in a vehicle collision event. The disclosed inflatable knee airbag may include components, such as the inflatable airbag cushion, inflator, etc., within a flexible housing supported by a rigid or semi-rigid mounting plate. The flexible housing may conform to the shape of enclosed components, and may support and protect the enclosed components. The flexible housing may be lighter and more cost-effective than conventional housing methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: James Ernie Jacobson
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Patent number: 10829077Abstract: A system includes a seat frame member, an airbag disposed outboard of the seat frame member, an inflator disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and a bracket extending through the seat frame member. The bracket includes an upper portion and a lower portion spaced from each other and disposed inboard of the seat frame member, and an intermediate portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion and disposed outboard of the seat frame member. The bracket supports the inflator and the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Eric D. Veggian, Jeffrey Charles Paddock
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Patent number: 10814755Abstract: A vehicle seat that can suitably protect a seated occupant against an impact from a seat width direction is described, while enlargement of the seat in the seat width direction is restrained. A support member provided to the vehicle seat supports the seated occupant from a side of the seated occupant, and includes an inner plate attached to a seat width direction inner side of a side frame, an outer plate attached to a seat width direction outer side of the side frame, and a connection plate for connecting the inner plate and the outer plate on a seat front side. The outer plate is attached to the seat width direction outer side of the side frame at a position that does not overlap in the seat width direction with attachment positions of the inner plate and the side frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Akimitsu Kurihara
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Patent number: 10814822Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an airbag and an inflator. The airbag is provided to be able to deploy around a passenger in a vehicle, and the inflator is configured to supply gas to deploy the airbag. The airbag includes a main bag configured to support a head and an upper body of the passenger bending down, and a sub bag projecting from the main bag toward a passenger side. After expanding in a direction different from the passenger side, the sub bag turns to the passenger side.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shota Kanegae, Kazuya Yamane
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Patent number: 10814820Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag, an airbag case that is made from metal and includes a base wall and a tubular wall, and an airbag cover that is made from synthetic resin and includes a covering wall and a joint wall. The case and cover are coupled together by insertion of hooks of the tubular wall of the case into joint holes of the joint wall of the cover. An approximation-limiting region suppresses the cover as coupled with the case from moving further towards the base wall of the case, and a separation-limiting region suppresses the cover as coupled with the case from moving further away from the base wall of the case. The approximation-limiting region includes an abutment region and a receiving region engageable with the abutment region. The separation-limiting region includes a retaining hole and a projection engageable with an inner surface of the retaining hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Minoru Ono, Tetsuya Ogata
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Patent number: 10807557Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag provided with an inlet port of inflation gas, an inflator which includes gas outlet ports in an upper region of the body, a bag holder which is formed from synthetic resin and includes an insert opening for receiving the inflator body, and an airbag cover which includes a door openable at airbag deployment. The bag holder includes a support board which supports a bottom surface of the airbag as folded including a periphery of the inlet port, and a gas guide tube which extends upward from a periphery of the insert opening and is fitted in the inlet port of the airbag. The guide tube as fitted in the inlet port is greater in height than the upper region of the inflator body. The airbag further includes, in a vicinity of the bottom surface, a joint section which is joined to the support board.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryotaro Ishida, Wataru Miura
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Patent number: 10800369Abstract: A rear seat side airbag device includes a case disposed at a vehicle rear side of a cabin-side wall portion of a seat side garnish. The seat side garnish is disposed between a vehicle side portion and a seatback of a rear seat. The case has an opening portion that opens toward the cabin-side wall portion, and houses an airbag module main body. An airbag door covers the opening portion and is surrounded by a tear portion and a hinge portion formed at regions corresponding to the opening portion. A spacer is disposed on the airbag door and projects out into the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Seiji Hioda
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Patent number: 10780858Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag, an inflator and a retainer. The retainer includes a generally tubular holding section for holding the inflator therein and mounting means which protrudes out of the holding section in a direction generally perpendicular to an axis of the inflator to be mounted on a vehicle body member in order to mount the airbag and the inflator on the vehicle body member. The holding section includes an elastically deformable support region which has been elastically deformed and brought into abutment against an outer circumference of the inflator when the inflator was inserted into the holding section, and supports the inflator in the elastically deformed state at an inner side of the holding section, and a supporting projection which has higher rigidity than the elastically deformable support region and abuts against the outer circumference of the inflator at the inner side of the holding section.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Shigemura
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Patent number: 10759377Abstract: A gas generator includes a housing containing an accommodation space, a gas generating agent, an igniter, and a sealing tape. The housing includes a cylindrical circumferential wall portion including plural gas discharge openings and the plural gas discharge openings are closed by the sealing tape. The plural gas discharge openings include gas discharge openings set to be different from one another in opening pressure so as to be opened stepwise with increase in pressure in the accommodation space as a result of burning of the gas generating agent. A condition of T?1.8 [mm] and SA?60 [mm2] is satisfied where T represents a thickness of a portion of the housing and SA represents a total opening area of the plurality of gas discharge openings. At least one of the plural gas discharge openings is in a shape of an elongated hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Ohsugi, Shinya Ueda, Haruki Takizawa
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Patent number: 10752197Abstract: An instrument panel includes a housing and an airbag. The housing includes a chute elongated to an end and a door at least partially covering the end of the chute. The airbag is disposed in the chute. The housing includes a first ridge elongated along a perimeter of the end of the chute and a second ridge elongated along a perimeter of the door.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Manoj Patnala, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Alan Perelli
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Patent number: 10744970Abstract: A side airbag device-installed vehicle seat including a side frame, a side airbag, a front side cover, and a low extendibility member is provided. The side frame is disposed within a side section of a seatback. The side airbag is stowed within the side section, receives gas supplied from an inflator to inflate and deploy alongside a seated occupant, and includes an inner bag that inflates between the side frame and the seated occupant. The front side cover configures part of a cover of the seatback, and is interposed between the inner bag and the seated occupant when the inner bag is inflated. The low extendibility member is configured to stretch less readily than the front side cover, and is bound to a back face of the front side cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Hiroe Sugawara
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Patent number: 10737653Abstract: Side portions of a guide member mounting portion of the instrument panel include a panel side welding guide surface integrally formed therewith. The panel side welding guide surface is spaced apart from the back surface of the instrument panel. Side portions of the guide member include a guide side welding guide surface integrally formed with the guide member. The panel side welding guide surface and the guide side welding guide surface overlap each other. One of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating recess. The other of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating protrusion that fits into the position regulating recess during vibration welding.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventor: Tomiharu Yamada
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Patent number: 10710541Abstract: An airbag includes a body, an insert opening and a flap member which covers the insert opening from inside of the airbag. A retainer is inside the airbag, and an inflator is inserted into a holding section of the retainer via the insert opening such that the root end protrudes from the insert opening. The flap member entirely covers the insert opening of the airbag body as unfolded and is joined to the airbag body, with a continuous seam, by the circumferential edge except the leading edge disposed towards the leading end of the inflator. The flap member thus covers the holding section. The retainer includes an open region which exposes an outer periphery of the inflator towards the flap member, and the leading edge of the flap member is positioned to be pressed against the outer periphery of the inflator via the open region at airbag deployment.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Shigemura
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Patent number: 10710540Abstract: A vehicle seat that includes: an inflator that is disposed at a seat front end portion, inside a seat portion of a seat cushion, and that generates gas by operating; a first bag portion that is disposed inside the seat portion, that internally houses the inflator, and that, by being supplied with gas from the inflator, is inflated in a longitudinal direction, which is a seat front-rear direction; and a second bag portion that is disposed inside the seat portion on a seat rear side of the first bag portion and communicates with the first bag portion, that has a longitudinal direction extending in a seat width direction, and that has a length in the seat width direction which is longer than that of the first bag portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Shun Ito
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Patent number: 10696263Abstract: An airbag includes an insert opening. An inflator is inserted into the airbag via the insert opening and set in a holding section of a retainer which is disposed inside the airbag. The retainer includes, at its end region disposed towards the insert opening of the airbag, two retaining pawls that are in engagement with a periphery of the insert opening. The insert opening is composed of a plurality of slits formed on a base material of the airbag such that one or more area among the slits serve as a bent sealing region that is bent inward and covers an outer periphery of the inflator. The slits include a pair of retaining slits that intersect each other. Each of the retaining pawls protrudes from a terminal of each of the retaining slits. A peripheral area of the retaining slits constitutes the bent sealing region.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Shigemura
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Patent number: 10676060Abstract: In a method of folding an airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system, especially of curtain-type side airbag, to form an airbag package (12?), the airbag (10) is rolled and/or folded to form an airbag roll (12) having a first volume (V1). The airbag roll (12) is fed to a pressing device (14) in which the airbag roll (12) is compressed to form an airbag package (12?) having a second volume (V2) which is smaller than the first volume (V1). The airbag roll (12) and, resp., the airbag package (12?) is heated within the pressing device (14) and the airbag package (12?) is cooled, with the airbag package (12?) retaining the second volume (V2) when it is removed from the pressing device (14; 114). The pressing device (14) includes a pressing mold or a molding shaft (18) whose height substantially corresponds to the desired height of the finished airbag packages (12?), a heating unit (20) for heating the airbag packages (12?) and a cooling device (22) for cooling the airbag packages (12?).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, TRW VECHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Anton Fischer, Michelle Blackson, Dylan Moran, Blair Morrison
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Patent number: 10661745Abstract: A head protection airbag device includes: an airbag formed so as to cover a window of a vehicle; and a case for storing a folded body of the airbag. The airbag has an engaging hole through which an engaging protrusion passes. The case includes the engaging protrusion. A portion constituting a peripheral edge of the engaging hole has recessed sections recessed from an upper edge of the airbag in front of and behind the engaging hole so as to have a tab-shaped portion. In a state in which the airbag is flatly developed, an upper edge of the tab-shaped portion that has the engaging hole is disposed nearly on a same line as an upper edge of a general section of the airbag which is adjacent to the tab-shaped portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kakimoto
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Patent number: 10654440Abstract: A method of folding is provided for folding an airbag including a vehicle-side wall, a driver-side wall, an inlet opening formed in the vehicle-side wall and a mounting seat disposed in a periphery of the opening. The method includes a first process conducted in a first direction and a second process conducted in a second direction orthogonal to the former. The first process includes an initial folding that folds back each of opposite sides in the first direction of the airbag as flattened with respect to the mounting seat towards the mounting seat, a rolling that rolls the airbag towards the mounting seat from creases formed in the initial folding, and an invaginating that invaginates each of resulting rolled regions between the vehicle-side and driver-side walls. The second process folds up opposite sides in the second direction of the airbag with respect to the mounting seat each towards the mounting seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Hotta, Kenji Fujimura
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Patent number: 10641309Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include: a guide bar; a plurality of holders contacting the outer surface of the guide bar, and supporting the guide bar; a plurality of guide tabs connected to the respective holders, surrounding the guide bar; and a cushion connected to the holders on the opposite side of the guide taps.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung Ho Min, Sang Won Hwangbo, Seok Hoon Ko, Hae Kwon Park, Kyu Sang Lee
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Patent number: 10640072Abstract: It is provided a vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, comprising a gas bag inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant, which in the inflated condition extends on a side of the vehicle seat facing a vehicle interior; and a retaining element via which the gas bag is connected with a backrest frame of the vehicle seat. There is further provided at least one fastening structure molded to the retaining element, via which a positive connection of the retaining element with the backrest frame exists.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Karsten Hallbauer, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Volker Rathgeb, Uwe Dierks
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Patent number: 10632953Abstract: A retainer and an inflator are disposed inside the airbag. The retainer includes a mounting base section, a holding section which extends from the mounting base section and receives and holds an inflator therein, and a second mounting means which protrudes from the mounting base perpendicularly. The inflator includes a cylindrical body provided with a gas release section and, a first mounting means protruding from a region of the body disposed outside the airbag. The retainer further includes a storing dent section which receives the first mounting means of the inflator so as to conform an orientation of the first means to that of the second mounting means and, a pressing section disposed proximate the storing dent section. The pressing section is brought into close contact with a circumferential area of the body of the inflator when the first mounting means of the inflator is secured to a vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Shigemura
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Patent number: 10604102Abstract: A side air bag device is described which is disposed in a space between a vehicle body and a back seat and for which rigidity of attachment to a vehicle body member is improved. The side air bag device provided between a vehicle body and a back seat includes: a base member including a base storage configured to store an air bag and an inflator and a base attachment portion attached to the vehicle body; and a retainer member configured to hold the base storage from a vehicle back side. The retainer member extends from a portion holding the base storage while being bent along the shape of the vehicle body. The retainer member is attached to the vehicle body together with the base attachment portion while being overlapped with the base attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Kazuhiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 10596990Abstract: A head-protecting airbag device includes: an airbag loaded in a vehicle as a completely folded body folded to be storable in the storage portion; and a regulation member, to be arranged near a bent portion in the completely folded body at a time of conveyance. The regulation member is formed of a belt-shaped body having flexibility, and capable of regulating a twist of the completely folded body at the bent portion when the completely folded body is assembled into the vehicle. In a state where a protrusion part is engaged with a periphery of an assembly hole, both front and rear sides of the protrusion part are wrapped together with the completely folded body by a wrapping material. A length dimension of a portion between the assembly holes is set to be a length dimension which disenables one turn of twist in a circumferential direction of the completely folded body.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Sato, Osamu Hirose, Ryosuke Jinnai
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Patent number: 10583798Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a gas generating device of a side airbag apparatus is attached to the inside of an outer side frame in a seat-width direction. When a seated occupant is a three-dimensional mannequin of AM50, a portion of the gas generating device overlaps a back pan of the three-dimensional mannequin as viewed in a seat front-rear direction. Here, in a plan section of a seat back in a range in which the gas generating device is positioned in a seat up-down direction, when an imaginary line overlapping a section of the back pan is moved back toward a seat rear side until the imaginary line comes into contact with a side spring portion of a seat back spring, the gas generating device is positioned rearward of a moved-back imaginary line in the seat front-rear direction and outward of the moved-back imaginary line in the seat-width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takamichi Komura, Osamu Fukawatase, Masato Kunisada, Hiroe Sugawara
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Patent number: 10569682Abstract: An easy-to-attach clip member that makes the surroundings of a stay cloth mounting portion compact while maintaining high airbag deployment performance, and an airbag module-equipped seat with the clip member are provided. A clip member is connected to a cloth-form body that transmits a tensile force. The clip member includes a connecting portion connected to one end of the cloth-form body, and a groove engaged with an edge portion of a mounted portion. The clip member is provided to reduce a torque generated at the connecting portion by the tensile force transmitted from the cloth-form body when engaged with the edge portion of the mounted portion, and connects the cloth-form body to the mounted portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiroshi Baba