Plural Compartment Confinement (e.g., "bag Within A Bag") Patents (Class 280/729)
  • Patent number: 12358458
    Abstract: An airbag assembly for a vehicle according to various implementations includes an inflator and an airbag cushion. In some implementations, the airbag assembly also includes a housing. The inflator and the airbag cushion are stored in the housing when the airbag is in a non-deployed state. During a vehicle accident, the airbag cushion extends out of the housing to cushion movement of a vehicle occupant. The airbag cushion includes a main panel having a first edge and a second edge, a first side panel coupled to the first edge, and a second side panel coupled to the second edge. The first side panel and the second side panel comprise protrusions and a channel is defined by a portion of the main panel between the protrusions. In some implementations, the airbag assembly includes a second inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Yuvraj Jadhav, John Bauer, Satish Siruvole, Tyler Weaver, Michel Khouri, Jesus Oliver
  • Patent number: 12358459
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a collision detector, and a deploying-gas supplier. The airbag is configured to be deployed in front of an occupant sitting in a seat of a vehicle. The collision detector includes a sensor and is configured to detect an occurrence or sign of a collision of the vehicle. The deploying-gas supplier is configured to supply deploying gas into the airbag based on an output of the collision detector. The airbag includes a lower-half-restraining bag and upper-half-restraining bags. The lower-half-restraining bag is configured to be deployed in front of knees of the occupant. The upper-half-restraining bags are configured to be deployed between the lower-half-restraining bag and an upper body of the occupant and in a plane that faces the upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12311866
    Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be mounted at a mounting location on a vehicle mounting structure. The airbag includes a front wall configured to receive the occupant, inflatable sidewalls connected to the front wall, and an inflatable rear cushion. The sidewalls are configured to extend from the front wall to a throat of the airbag at the mounting location. The front wall and the sidewalls delimit a non-inflatable central space located behind the front wall and between the sidewalls. The rear cushion is positioned in the central space between the throat and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: ZF Passive Safety Systems US Inc.
    Inventor: Songwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12296770
    Abstract: An occupant protection device includes an airbag mounted on a seat of a vehicle and attached to a belt body of a seat belt in a folded state. The airbag is inflated so as to allow an inflation gas discharged from an inflator to flow into the airbag and protect an occupant seated on the seat while protruding forward. An airbag cover is formed in an elongated shape that can cover an outer periphery of part of the belt body and a folding completion body corresponding to a state where the airbag is folded, and is closed such that at least the belt body is allowed to be inserted therethrough at both ends in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Yajima, Yuji Sato, Akira Yasuda, Kenji Kakimoto, Yuji Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 12296771
    Abstract: An airbag device arranged on a backrest part of a moveable seat device of a motor vehicle includes first and second gas bags. The first gas bag is deployed into a receiving position by a deployment unit of the airbag device responsive to an actuation signal. In the receiving position the first gas bag is designed to receive a body part of an occupant of the motor vehicle, the occupant facing the backrest part. The second gas bag, at least in the receiving position, is deployed between the backrest part and the first gas bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Eric Gärtner, Claus Geisler, Lutz Quarg
  • Patent number: 12240402
    Abstract: Provided is a roof-mounted airbag configured to reduce the risk of injury to a passenger by minimizing movement of a cushion when the passenger is placed on the cushion. The roof-mounted airbag includes a cushion, formed in a cylindrical shape and configured to be deployed downwards between passengers facing each other while left and right upper ends thereof are fixed to a roof part, and an inflator configured to provide gas to an inside of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Byung Ho Min
  • Patent number: 12202426
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an inflator configured to generate gas, a first panel including an edge portion, a first fixing portion, and a second fixing portion, the second fixing portion facing the first fixing portion, a regulating member provided inside the airbag. The regulating member includes a first portion fixed to the first fixing portion, and a second portion fixed to the second fixing portion. A length from the first fixing portion to the second fixing portion is longer than a length from the first portion to the second portion. The airbag includes main bag, and a sub inflation portion. In a state where the airbag is inflated and deployed, gas from the inflator is introduced into the main bag, the first panel faces an occupant, and the sub inflation portion receives the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Tsukasa Inaba, Tetsuro Hamada
  • Patent number: 12168413
    Abstract: A device includes a body structure, a seat assembly that is connected to the body structure, and an inflatable structure. The inflatable structure includes one or more surfaces that are configured to react forces by engaging with a first feature to control motion of a second feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Adam J. Golman, Arturo Llamazares Domper, Nicholas A. White, Jesse T. Buehler
  • Patent number: 12122128
    Abstract: Described is a fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product. The fabric or flexible composite material includes a substrate and a film covering a surface of the substrate. In certain embodiments, the substrate and the film have a same base polymer. The film may be fused to the substrate without an adhesive. A method of forming an inflatable safety product includes forming a fabric or flexible composite material by fusing a film to a substrate without an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Christian Thomson
  • Patent number: 12115929
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle airbag device, which includes a main cushion and an auxiliary cushion deploying from the main cushion and may more effectively protect both a passenger-seat passenger in a normal seating state and a passenger-seat passenger in a relaxed seating state even in the event of an oblique offset collision by differentiating the deployment of the auxiliary cushion by releasing or maintaining the connection of a tether connected to the auxiliary cushion during deployment of an airbag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Young Kim, Seok Min Lee, Ga Ram Jeong, Dong Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 12090946
    Abstract: A rear-seat airbag is configured to expand and deploy from a lower portion of a center console of a vehicle toward a center portion of a row of rear seats. The rear-seat airbag includes a first airbag and a second airbag. The first airbag is configured to restrain an upper body of a passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The second airbag is configured to restrain a lower body of the passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats. The first airbag is coupled to the second airbag such that, when the rear-seat airbag expands and deploys, the first airbag covers a half or more of the second airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12083983
    Abstract: A passenger airbag module is described. This passenger airbag module comprises an airbag cushion having an outer skin enclosing a chamber, a structural member comprising a housing into which the un-deployed airbag cushion is folded, and an inflator. The housing extends in transverse direction from a first end to a second end, and the fully deployed outer skin extends in the transverse direction from a third end to a fourth end. In order to improve the positioning of the deployed airbag, a transverse tether is provided. This transverse tether extends from a fifth end being connected to the outer skin in transverse direction to a sixth end being connected to at least one of the outer skin and the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Radoslaw Rudkowski, Karolina Lukasik, Martyna Maciejewska, Daria Michalowicz, Agnieszka Bobryk
  • Patent number: 12083979
    Abstract: A rear-seat airbag is configured to expand and deploy from a lower portion of a center console of a vehicle toward a center portion of a row of rear seats. A point of intersection of virtual loci of forward movements of a head, a chest, and knees of a passenger sitting in the center portion of the row of rear seats in response to an impact generated by a collision of the vehicle coincides with a center of gravity of the rear-seat airbag when the rear-seat airbag expands and deploys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12049186
    Abstract: A knee airbag includes a front panel, rear panel coupled to the front panel to define an inflation chamber, and an intermediate panel between the front panel and the rear panel and within the inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is connected to the front panel and the rear panel at various locations between a proximal end and a distal end of the intermediate panel to control an inflated configuration of the knee airbag. First and second suspension portions suspend the proximal end of the intermediate panel between the front panel and the rear panel and are permeable to the passage of inflation gases. The first suspension portion extends between the front panel and the proximal end of the intermediate panel. The second suspension portion extends between the rear panel and the proximal end of the intermediate panel. An inflator for inflating the knee airbag is disposed in the inflation chamber at a proximal end of the knee airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Treglown, Michael Daines
  • Patent number: 12036938
    Abstract: An occupant protection device has a folded airbag in a holding body in front of a hip portion of an occupant. The airbag protrudes from the holding body when an inflating gas flows, inflates to cover a region in front of the occupant, and includes an occupant side wall portion on the occupant side when inflation completes, and restrains an upper body of the occupant. The occupant side wall portion has a lower side restraining face, which restrains a range from an abdominal portion to a chest portion of the occupant, and an upper side restraining face, which restrains a head portion or a shoulder portion of the occupant, on a rear face side when inflation completes, and a bended portion is in a boundary region between the upper side restraining face and the lower side restraining face, and the upper side restraining face protrudes to the occupant side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Matsuzaki, Akira Yasuda, Yuto Noda, Motoyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12030455
    Abstract: A side air bag apparatus for a vehicle. The side air bag apparatus includes: a first cushion configured to cover and protect an upper body area of a passenger who has adopted a relax mode while tilting rearward a seatback; a second cushion configured to cover and protect a head area; and a valve member configured to open and close a vent hole connecting the first cushion to the second cushion. Accordingly, both the upper body area and the head area of the passenger in the relax mode are efficiently and sufficiently protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwoon Song, Hae Kwon Park
  • Patent number: 12017604
    Abstract: A pedestrian protecting airbag device having an airbag cushion that expands and deploys from below a front hood toward a windshield, and inflators and that supply gas to the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a first deployment part that expands and deploys along the lower portion of the windshield, and a second deployment part that expands and deploys along the windshield and the A pillars and independently of the first deployment part. The second deployment part has an overlap part that overlaps at least a part of the first deployment part. The first inflator supplies gas to the first deployment part and the second inflator supplies gas to the second deployment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Tomoaki Harada
  • Patent number: 11987910
    Abstract: Provided are a base cloth for a material and a manufacturing method therefor, the base cloth suppressing opening of a boundary portion between an expanding part and a non-expanding part when used in a bag body, having low dynamic air permeability, and being capable of exhibiting the characteristic of being unlikely to burst even at high temperatures. A fabric base cloth for a material according to the present invention is composed of fibers having a prescribed thread breaking strength value, and for which the cloth surface is not subjected to resin coating, laminating, or a resin impregnation treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11919468
    Abstract: A side airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system (10) which is provided to be mounted on a vehicle seat (14) comprises an inflatable head gas cushion (18) and an inflatable torso gas cushion (20) connected to the head gas cushion (18) both of which form separate inflatable compartments of the side airbag (12). The head gas cushion (18) and the torso gas cushion (20) are formed by separate inflatable cushions which are fastened to each other in a connecting section (22). In a vehicle occupant restraint system, the side airbag (12) is mounted on a vehicle seat (14) of a vehicle on the side facing a passenger seat (16) of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Dominique Acker, JĂĽrgen Scherr, Kathrin Weinhardt, Andreas Loos, Javier Acedo Ibanez
  • Patent number: 11904787
    Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflator, and a cushion operably connected to the inflator including a plurality of sealed cushion segments interconnected by a plurality of cushion joints. The activation of the inflator dispenses a flow of inflation gas into the cushion to sequentially inflate the plurality of sealed cushion segments from a stowed state to a deployed state. A passenger compartment of a vehicle includes an instrument panel including at least an upper panel surface and a downward panel surface, and an airbag system located in the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Spencer William Chavez
  • Patent number: 11891006
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a steering wheel. The assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag has a main chamber supported by the steering wheel. The main chamber in the inflated position has a rear panel facing the steering wheel, an impact panel opposite the rear panel, and an outermost periphery between the impact panel and the rear panel. The airbag includes an extension having a first end and a terminal end. The extension extends from the first end to the terminal end adjacent the rear panel of the main chamber. The first end extends from the outermost periphery and the rear panel and the terminal end is connected to the rear panel. The airbag has an inflation chamber extending from the main chamber to the terminal end through the first end of the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tzu-Chen Weng, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Zhibing Deng
  • Patent number: 11884827
    Abstract: An electrically conductive filler comprises particles having a base substrate and a conductive coating. In some embodiments, the base substrate is a metal, plastic, glass, natural or synthetic graphite, carbon, ceramics, fiber or fabric. In some embodiments, the coating provides improved electrical conductivity, and the coated particle has lower electrical resistance than the uncoated base particle. Other embodiments and methods of making and using the electrically conductive filler are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TRITON SYSTEMS, INC
    Inventors: Anant K. Singh, Peter S. Schuler
  • Patent number: 11760302
    Abstract: An airbag includes: a bag main body: and regulating units configured to regulate an expansion completed shape of the bag main body. The bag main body has an expansion completed shape as a substantially square cylindrical shape, where a hollow portion which penetrates substantially along a left-right direction is provided and a circumference of the hollow portion is surrounded by an upper expansion portion and a lower expansion portion and a front expansion portion and a rear expansion portion. The regulating units are arranged at a plurality of horizontally symmetrical locations centered on a center of the bag main body on the left-right directional side and each of the regulating units is configured to straddle the hollow portion when viewed from a lateral side in the left-right direction and at least an upper edge side and a lower edge side are connected to the bag main body side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Motoyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11745786
    Abstract: A steering control system includes a hub connectable to a steering shaft defining a steering axis. An airbag receiving zone is formed in the hub. A steering wheel is connected to the hub, the steering wheel includes a central hub member, a plurality of spokes each having a first end extending from the central hub member and a second end, and a steering wheel rim connected to the second end of each of the plurality of spokes. The central hub member being slidably mounted to the hub along the steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Thomas E. Houck
  • Patent number: 11685328
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a dash. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the dash and being inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a knee chamber, a chest chamber supported by the knee chamber in the inflated position, and a head chamber supported by the chest chamber in the inflated position. The chest chamber is connected to the knee chamber at a lower seam that defines a lower fluid pathway. The head chamber is connected to the chest chamber at an upper seam that defines an upper fluid pathway. The assembly includes an inflator supported by the dash and being connected directly to the knee chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 11661026
    Abstract: A center side airbag configured to reduce spacing between an airbag cushion and a passenger in a front passenger seat to safely restrict transverse movement of the passenger in the front passenger seat. The center side airbag includes an airbag cushion configured to be unfolded between a driver seat and a front passenger seat, and a protruding chamber configured to be unfolded by a front passenger seat-side portion of the airbag cushion protruding toward a passenger in the front passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kum Ho Jo
  • Patent number: 11654851
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag system is proposed. The vehicle airbag system includes: a front airbag mounted to a portion of a vehicle in front of a passenger and configured to be unfolded toward a front of the passenger; an upper airbag mounted to a portion of the vehicle above the passenger and configured to be unfolded toward the front of the passenger; a seat detector configured to detect a seating posture of the passenger; and a controller configured to control unfolding of the front airbag or the upper airbag on the basis of the passenger's seating posture detected by the seat detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min Lee, Hae Kwon Park, Ga Ram Jeong, Dong Oh Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11643041
    Abstract: An occupant protection device includes: an airbag including an upper inflating portion and a lower inflating portion, and a rear inflating portion having a restraint surface that receives the occupant, the airbag being provided with a hollow portion penetrating in a left-right direction in a center; and a protrusion length adjustment unit configured to adjust a protrusion length from an accommodation position to the restraint surface in the airbag. An exhaust port configured to exhaust the inflation gas is disposed on an inner peripheral surface side in the vicinity of an intersection portion between the upper inflation portion and the lower inflation portion of the airbag. When the protrusion length by the protrusion length adjustment unit is adjusted to be long, the upper inflation portion and the lower inflation portion approach each other, so that an edge member approaches the exhaust port, thereby reducing an exhaust amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Motoyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11548467
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag (10) for restraining a vehicle occupant (12) in an automotive vehicle, comprising an inflatable cushion portion (20) for damping an occupant impact and two inflatable tube portions (22) laterally opposed in the mounted state of the airbag (10) which are arranged on the occupant side on the cushion portion (20), wherein the tube portions (22) are connected to each other by a slide layer (24) arranged on the occupant side on the cushion portion (20) and are laterally movable at least in portions relative to the cushion portion (20). Furthermore, the invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an airbag (10) as well as an airbag module (18) comprising said airbag (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik SchĂĽtz, Ohnishi Nobuyuki
  • Patent number: 11535185
    Abstract: A restraint system (10) for helping to protect an occupant (60) of a vehicle (20) having a roof (32) and a cabin (40) with a seat (50) for the occupant (60) includes an airbag (120) having a stored condition within the roof (32) and being inflatable to a deployed condition extending into the cabin (40) aligned with the seat (50). A tether (140) includes a first end (142) connected to the airbag (120) and a second end (144) connected to the vehicle (20). Tear stitching (170) interconnects overlying portions (152, 154) of the tether (140). The tear stitching (170) is rupturable in response to occupant (60) penetration into the deployed airbag (120) to permit the interconnected overlying portions (151, 154) to move relative to one another such that the tether (140) lengthens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Alexandra E. Smith, Douglas M. Gould
  • Patent number: 11529926
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag (14) for unfolding between a vehicle part (10) and a vehicle occupant (18), comprising an impact wall (20) which, in the installed and unfolded state of the airbag (14), faces a vehicle occupant (18) and a circumferential wall (22) which is connected to the impact wall (20) and, in the installed and unfolded state of the airbag (14), extends between the impact wall (20) and the vehicle part (10), wherein the circumferential wall (22) is made with multiple layers, at least in some sections, and forms at least one annular tube (23) which delimits an annular inflatable first airbag volume (V1), and wherein a radially inner layer (26) of the circumferential wall (22), together with the impact wall (20), delimits an inflatable second airbag volume (V2) that is separate from the first airbag volume (V1). The invention further relates to an airbag module (12) having such an airbag (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Sapountzis, Bartolomeu Franco, Tiago Cardoso, Dominik SchĂĽtz
  • Patent number: 11511700
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an airbag apparatus in which the injury value of a passenger can be efficiently suppressed in an emergency. [Resolution Means] A typical configuration of an airbag apparatus 100 according to the present invention includes: an inflator 118 which is installed in a vehicle so as to be capable of supplying gas; an inner bag 112 which is expanded from in front of a seat utilizing the gas; and an outer bag 110 to which the gas is supplied from the inflator 118 or via the inner bag 112 and expanded so as to surround the inner bag 112. The outer bag 110 includes an opening 116 which exposes the inner bag 112 towards the seat 104, wherein the inner bag 112 has a more elongated shape in the anteroposterior direction of the vehicle than in the width direction of the vehicle, and the inner bag 112 further includes a restraining part 114 which is exposed on the recessed surface from the opening 116 to the seat side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakajima, Royta Ishigaki, Yoshiki Ito
  • Patent number: 11491943
    Abstract: A front passenger seat airbag includes an attachment portion provided on a front end side when inflation has been completed, an occupant protection portion provided on a rear end side to protect the occupant when inflation has been completed, and a cavity portion formed at an intermediate portion between the attachment portion and the occupant protection portion in a manner of penetrating the front passenger seat airbag substantially along a left-right direction. A left edge side and/or a right edge side of the occupant protection portion when inflation has been completed is formed with a protruding region protruding rearward and outward with respect to a central region. At least one of upper and lower edges of an occupant side panel is coupled to an end of the peripheral wall panel. An outer peripheral panel portion of the panel portion is a concave portion in a flatly deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Tanaka, Ikuo Yamada, Hajime Kitte, Kenichi Fukurono
  • Patent number: 11433848
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a center console. The assembly includes a first airbag supported by the center console. The first airbag is inflatable away from the center console to an inflated position. The assembly includes a second airbag supported by the center console adjacent the first airbag. The second airbag is inflatable away from the center console to an inflated position. The assembly includes a non-inflatable panel extending from the first airbag to the second airbag when the first airbag and the second airbag are in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 11390239
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag (10), especially for a side curtain airbag system (20), comprising an airbag interior (30) which in the deployed state of the airbag (10) defines one single chamber (40), wherein the chamber (40) comprises a gas guiding device (50) by which the chamber (40) is divided into at least one primary filling zone (41) and at least one secondary filling zone (42), as well as to a vehicle safety system equipped with such airbag (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Jose Miguel Fernandes Oliveira
  • Patent number: 11383669
    Abstract: Airbag assemblies, such as overhead airbag assemblies, comprising overlapping pass-through chambers. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an airbag cushion configured to deploy from a vehicle roof structure and a head contact chamber configured to engage a head of an occupant of the vehicle upon deployment. An opening may be formed within the airbag cushion adjacent to the head contact chamber and may extend from a first surface of the airbag cushion configured to engage the occupant to a second surface of the airbag cushion opposite the first surface. The opening may be smaller along one or more dimensions than the head contact chamber upon deployment such that the head contact chamber cannot enter the opening without engaging one or more portions of the airbag cushion defining the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Schneider, Frank Joseph Herzenstiel, II
  • Patent number: 11351951
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel. The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi
  • Patent number: 11351954
    Abstract: Provided is an airbag device including an airbag body having a first base fabric and a second base fabric, wherein the first base fabric and the second base fabric have an outer circumferential section and an outer circumferential section that are joined to each other while overlapping each other, a first base fabric joining section formed by joining a plurality of predetermined portions, spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the first base fabric is provided on an outer circumferential side of the first base fabric, and a second base fabric joining section formed by joining a plurality of predetermined portions, spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the second base fabric is provided on an outer circumferential side of the second base fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Ishizuka, Hitoshi Higuchi, Yuichi Mashiko, Tatsuya Narikawa, Ryosuke Seki, Kazuki Hikida
  • Patent number: 11345305
    Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be mounted to a support structure of the vehicle. The airbag is inflatable to deploy from a stored condition away from the support structure toward a vehicle seat in which the occupant is seated to one of a first deployed condition in which the airbag is configured for a non-reclined condition of the vehicle seat, and a second deployed condition in which the airbag is configured for a reclined condition of the vehicle seat. The airbag is configured to deploy to the first deployed condition in response to determining a non-reclined condition of the vehicle seat and to the second deployed condition in response to determining a reclined condition of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Alexandra E. Schroeder, Angelo R. Adler
  • Patent number: 11338758
    Abstract: A rooftop airbag apparatus may include: a rear cushion installed above a rear seat, connected to a rear inflator, and expanded and deployed as gas is injected from the rear inflator; and a rear tether connected to the rear cushion to bend a front side of the rear cushion downward when the rear cushion is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Kwon Park, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11325558
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include: an inflator configured to jet gas in case of a collision of a vehicle; a first cushion inflated by the gas jetted by the inflator, and configured to support the head of a passenger in case of a head-on collision of the vehicle; a second cushion connected to the first cushion so as to be supported by the first cushion, and configured to suppress the head of the passenger from moving in a diagonal direction in case of an oblique collision of the vehicle; a connection tube configured to connect the first and second cushions such that the gas of the inflator moves from the first cushion to the second cushion; and a control tether connected to the first cushion and the connection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rae Ick Jang, Su Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11299122
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include an airbag module mounted at a lower end portion of a crash pad; an airbag cushion configured to deploy from the airbag module to deploy in a space between a knee portion and a head portion of a passenger, wherein a tether is connected to the airbag cushion in a deployment direction of the airbag cushion toward at least one of the knee portion, a chest portion, and the head portion of the passenger to form an integrated deployment shape of the airbag cushion; and a release device connected to the tether close to the airbag module, and operated to allow the tether to be released or maintained in a fixed state in a deployment process of the airbag cushion depending on a body shape of the passenger on a seat of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 11285907
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a side curtain airbag including an inboard panel, an outboard panel, and a perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag includes a main portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel, and a folded-over portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel. The main portion and the folded-over portion each include a dead zone spaced from the perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag is folded so that the inboard panel of the folded-over portion abuts the inboard panel of the main portion. The main portion and the folded-over portion are attached to each other via the respective dead zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
  • Patent number: 11285905
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag assembly for a vehicle body includes an airbag having a storage position and an unfolded position, in the unfolded position the airbag features an inboard side facing an interior of the vehicle body, an outboard side facing an exterior of the vehicle body, a top portion fixed to the vehicle body, and a bottom portion located on a side of the airbag opposite the top portion. A fabric layer is adapted to overlay the outboard side of the airbag in the unfolded position, the fabric layer including a top portion and a bottom portion located on a side of the fabric layer opposite the top portion, the top portion of the fabric layer fixed to the top portion of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jimmie A. Ruffner, II
  • Patent number: 11267432
    Abstract: An airbag that includes an inner bag having a facing surface configured to face a passenger of a vehicle in the deployed state, an outer bag that surrounds the outer periphery of the inner bag with the facing surface exposed, and two protrusion parts which are provided in the outer bag and are respectively disposed on the left and right sides in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the facing surface so as to protrude rearward. The inner bag and the outer bag may be partitioned by a common partition wall, with a ventilation port formed in the partition wall. Moreover, the inner bag and the outer bag may each be independent bag bodies, a ventilation port may be formed in both the inner bag and the outer bag, and the inner bag and the outer bag may be coupled around the ventilation port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Deveopment AB
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakajima, Takanari Muroya, Ryota Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 11254273
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag system includes an airbag having a cushioning surface configured to be contacted by a user to cushion the user after inflation of the airbag. The airbag also includes at least one cushioning surface positioning vent coupled to the cushioning surface. The at least one cushioning surface positioning vent is actuatable to direct a flow of gas exiting an interior of the airbag so as to produce a reaction force which moves the cushioning surface in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica A. Riffe, Nathaniel P. Jordan
  • Patent number: 11235731
    Abstract: [Object]. An object is to suitably control the deployment shape of an airbag, thereby improving the occupant restraining performance. Another object is to reduce damage to an occupant located close to a steering wheel or an instrument panel. [Solving Means]. An airbag device according to the present invention includes: a gas generator that generates expansion gas; an airbag that expands and deploys due to the expansion gas to restrain an occupant; and a diffuser disposed inside the airbag to control a flow of the expansion gas. Given that a direction toward the occupant is a first direction, the diffuser includes a receiving surface disposed between the gas generator and the airbag in the first direction to receive the expansion gas discharged from the gas generator; and a plurality of band-like connecting members having one end connected to an edge of the receiving surface and the other end directly or indirectly connected to the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Kazuki Morita, Keisuke Honma, Ryunosuke Tachiwana
  • Patent number: 11198409
    Abstract: A passenger seat airbag device includes an airbag including a front collision restraining surface, and an oblique collision restraining portion including a protruding portion in which a surface is set as an oblique collision restraining surface, and a restraining recess portion whose facing surfaces are able to restrain the head of the occupant. The rear wall main portion has the front collision restraining surface. The rear wall end edge portion has the oblique collision restraining surface. The upper edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the upper wall portion. The lower edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the lower wall portion. An entire edge of the separation edge of the rear wall end edge portion is coupled to a rear edge of the rear edge side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hiraiwa, Shinichi Ishida, Koji Hosoe, Masashi Baba, Ryo Kumazaki, Hiromi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11186250
    Abstract: Provided is an airbag configured so that, in the inflated state thereof, a recess is formed in a chest restraint area in the passenger facing surface of the airbag, and the portion of the airbag other than the recess has a large inflation thickness. A driver-side airbag 1 is formed by sewing a front panel 2 and a rear panel 3 together. The rear panel 3 is provided with a left tuck portion 12 which extends from the upper left to the lower left, and a right tuck portion 11 which extends from the upper right to the lower right. The tuck portions 11 and 12 increase the inflation thickness of the driver-side airbag 1. A recess 6 is formed in a passenger chest restraint area in the driver-side airbag 1 by a tether 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
    Inventors: Kimihiro Koshikawa, Shinichi Takeuchi, Ryo Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11173978
    Abstract: To be able to compactly dispose an airbag device for a saddle-type vehicle provided with an airbag deployable upward. An airbag device for a saddle-type vehicle includes: an inflator; an airbag adapted to be expanded by gas discharged from the inflator; and a retainer accommodating the airbag. The airbag is deployed upward from an opening of the retainer. The retainer is disposed in front of a head pipe adapted to support a handle for steering. A wind screen is disposed above the retainer. The wind screen openably and closably covers the opening of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kuroki, Futoshi Miyakawa, Yuki Kobayashi