Abstract: The present invention is a side airbag device stowed in a side support part of a vehicle seat, which includes: an airbag capable of expanding and deploying toward a front side from the side support part; an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag; and a bracket that retains the airbag in a compressed state. The inflator is secured to an inner side (occupant side) of a side frame of the vehicle seat. Furthermore, the bracket has a rear region that covers a rear side of the airbag in a compressed state and an inner region that extends continuously forward from the rear region between an inner side of the airbag and a seat pad.

Abstract: A knee airbag includes a front panel, a rear panel and an intermediate panel. The rear panel is coupled to the front panel to define an inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is disposed between the front panel and the rear panel and within the inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is connected to the rear panel by rows of first attachment points extending in a lateral direction across the knee airbag and connected to the front panel by rows of second attachment points extending in the lateral direction. The airbag includes a proximal bending area proximate a proximal end thereof. The longitudinal distances between adjacent rows of first and second attachment locations are greater than longitudinal distances between adjacent rows of second attachment locations.

Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with driving by a rider. In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, an acquisition section of a controller (60) acquires yaw rate information of a traveling straddle-type vehicle (100), and in a control mode in which behavior control operation to make the straddle-type vehicle (100) automatically decelerate or automatically accelerate is performed, an execution section of the controller (60) changes the behavior control operation according to the yaw rate information.

Abstract: An airbag device includes a first chamber configured to be deployed in a shape that surrounds a first side and a front side of a seat, a second chamber configured to be deployed in a shape that surrounds a second side and the front side of the seat and fastened to the first chamber at a first portion at which the second chamber overlaps the first chamber, and side tethers connected to one of or both of a second portion between the first chamber of an airbag module embedded at first side of a seatback and a third portion between the second chamber of an airbag module embedded at the second side of the seatback.

Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, a first track mounted to the seat back, an upper airbag movable along the first track, a second track mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag movable along the second track, and a mechanical assembly configured to simultaneously move the upper airbag along the first track and the lower airbag along the second track in opposite directions.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a vehicle seat (12) including a backrest (14) having a seat back surface (30), and an airbag module (16) integrated in the vehicle seat (12) including an airbag (20) which is L-shaped in a horizontal section plane and includes a cushioning portion (28) positioned along a seat longitudinal direction (L) spaced apart from the seat back surface (30), as well as a connecting portion (26) connecting the cushioning portion (28) to the vehicle seat (12). A fillable head protection chamber (34) projecting from the cushioning portion (28) along a seat vertical direction (H) which includes a head cushioning surface (36) facing the seat back surface (30) is arranged on the cushioning portion (28).

Abstract: A knee airbag module, comprising an airbag (10) which has plural vertical chambers superimposed in the inflated state, including a middle, upper and lower chamber (18, 20, 16), is filled directly via the middle chamber (18), wherein the lower chamber (16) can be fluid-communicated with the middle chamber via plural overflow openings (28) and a valve device is configured on the overflow openings (28) so that the overflow openings (28) are open at the beginning of the deployment operation and the valve device closes the overflow openings (28) in the course of the deployment operation.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and an airbag supported by the vehicle roof. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag defines an inflation chamber in the inflated position. The airbag includes a distal end below the vehicle roof in the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflatable device supported by the vehicle roof. The inflatable device is a thermoplastic elastomer and inflatable to an inflated position. The inflatable device is in the inflation chamber of the airbag when the inflatable device and the airbag are in the inflated positions. The inflatable device includes a distal end in the inflation chamber of the airbag. The distal end of the inflatable device is below the vehicle roof and above the distal end of the airbag in the inflated position.

Abstract: An assembly includes a seat assembly defining a seat-forward direction. The assembly includes a middle console adjacent the seat assembly. The assembly includes a first airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first airbag is supported by the seat assembly in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The assembly includes a second airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The second airbag in the uninflated position and the inflated position is forward of the seat assembly in the seat-forward direction. The assembly includes an inflator supported by the middle console, the inflator operatively connected to the first airbag and the second airbag to provide inflation medium.

Abstract: With reference to the Figures, wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, a vehicle includes a vehicle seat that includes a seatback and a seat bottom that defines an occupant seating area. The seatback includes an inboard bolster and an outboard bolster spaced from the inboard bolster in a cross-seat direction with the occupant seating area between the inboard bolster and the outboard bolster. A arm is rotatably supported by the inboard bolster. The vehicle includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect an occupant in the occupant seating area and based on the detection of an occupant in the occupant seating area, rotate the arm toward the occupant seating area in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.

Abstract: A base fabric for an airbag has a puncture load equal to or more than 6.0 N, wherein values obtained by dividing a bending stiffness (method A of JIS L 1096(2010)8.21) in each of a warp direction and a weft direction by a cover factor are equal to or less than 0.030 mm.

Abstract: An anchor assembly for connecting a curtain airbag to a side structure of a vehicle includes an elongated track configured to be connected to the side structure of the vehicle behind a vehicle trim piece that covers the side structure and forms a surface visible from within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. An anchor is configured to move along the track. The track includes sidewalls that define an interior channel that extends along the length of the track, and a slot that extends along the length of the track. The anchor includes a shank and a roller that is connected to the shank and rotatable relative to the shank. The roller and a portion of the shank to which the roller is connected are positioned in the channel and are movable along the channel when the anchor moves along the track. A portion of the shank extends through the slot, is positioned on an exterior of the track, and is configured to be connected to the curtain airbag.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback and an armrest coupled to the seatback. An airbag is positioned in the armrest and is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first chamber positioned to extend downward from the armrest and a second chamber positioned to extend upward from the armrest when the airbag is in the inflated position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies each having a unique configuration, a plurality of corresponding seat back panel and closeout assemblies, and an adapter carrier coupled with the common seat back frame and disposed between the forward soft trim carrier assembly and the corresponding seat back panel and closeout assembly. The adapter carrier includes a composite upper portion and a pair of depending frame attachment brackets coupled with a lower inboard and outboard lateral side of the composite upper portion of the adapter carrier. The pair of depending frame attachment brackets are coupled with a pair of opposed lateral side rails of the common seat back frame. The adapter carrier has a unique configuration corresponding with one of the plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies and the seat back panel and closeout assemblies.

Abstract: A vehicle center airbag device, including: an inflator that is provided at a driver's seat, and that ejects gas due to being actuated; and a center airbag that is provided at a side portion, at a vehicle width direction inner side, of a seatback of the driver's seat, and that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated in the driver's seat due to the gas being supplied to an interior thereof, wherein the center airbag includes, at a head restraining surface that restrains a head of an occupant seated in a passenger seat, a front and rear pair of concave portions having longitudinal directions along a seat up-down direction.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device includes: a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seatback of the vehicle seat, and that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated at the vehicle seat due to gas ejected from an inflator being supplied to an interior of the center airbag; and a string-like member, one end portion of the string-like member being attached to a seat front side end portion of the center airbag and another end portion of the string-like member being attached to a retracting device, and the string-like member being pulled toward a seat front side due to the string-like member being retracted by the retracting device at a timing at which the occupant is restrained by the center airbag that has been inflated and deployed.

Abstract: A knee airbag includes a front panel, a 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. The knee airbag has a two-layer construction only including the front panel and the rear panel in a depth direction, a three-layer construction including the front panel, the rear panel, and the intermediate panel in the depth direction, and a transition construction including the front panel, the rear panel, and an air permeable portion in the depth direction. The knee airbag includes the two-layer construction in at least first and second two-layer areas that extend at least substantially along first and second lateral sides of the knee airbag.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a component to a bolt has a base part and at least one holding part arranged displaceably on the base part. The base part has a connecting section for connecting to the component, a receptacle for receiving the bolt, and a clamping element which partially delimits the receptacle. The clamping element, in a delivery state of the connector, in which the bolt has not yet been inserted into the receptacle, assumes a first position and can be moved outward into a second position. The holding part has a first holding lug, which in the delivery state is arranged in a first latching recess of the base part or in the delivery state is arranged at a distance from the first latching recess of the base part.

Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag that is supplied with gas during a vehicle collision, and that inflates and deploys from a rear side of a vehicle seat toward a front side via an upper side thereof. In an inflated and deployed state the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a front-rear direction via left and right sides of the head of a passenger, and an airbag body in communication with the pair of front-rear chambers, that is disposed at a front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and that is compression deformed in a state supported by the pair of front-rear chambers during restraint of the passenger. The airbag is configured such that entry of at least the head of the passenger into gaps between the front-rear chambers and the airbag body is suppressed during a latter half of restraining the passenger.

Abstract: A curtain airbag assembly is provided which includes a curtain airbag module in which a curtain airbag cushion is fixedly folded and a twist prevention tether disposed parallel to the curtain airbag module in a longitudinal direction of the curtain airbag module. Fixing holes may be formed in front and rear ends of the curtain airbag cushion, and the twist prevention tether may be fixedly fitted into the fixing holes. The twist prevention tether is configured to be twisted when a twist occurs in the curtain airbag module to thereby to provide tension in a direction opposite to a twist direction to counteract and prevent the twist.

Abstract: An occupant protection device includes a first side airbag disposed at an outer side in a width direction of a first seat, a second side airbag disposed at an outer side in the width direction of a second seat, and a far-side airbag disposed at an inner side in the width direction of the first seat and near the first seat, wherein when a side collision toward the first seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a first delay time has elapsed after deployment of the first side airbag is started, when a side collision toward the second seat is detected, deployment of the far-side airbag is started after a second delay time has elapsed after deployment of the second side airbag is started, and the first delay time is greater than the second delay time.

Abstract: A deployable restraint system includes an inflatable structure and a tether. The inflatable structure comprises a main chamber and a pair of auxiliary chambers coupled to the main chamber and sealed with respect to the main chamber. The tether is coupled to the inflatable structure via an anchor and configured to guide the anchor.

Abstract: To improve workability when attaching an airbag module disposed in a side portion of a vehicle seat from a seat back side. A vehicle seat (S) includes: a side frame (13) which constitutes a side portion of a seat back frame (10); a bracket (20) which includes an attachment portion (21) attached to a side surface of the side frame (13) on a seat inner side and a back protrusion portion (22) protruding backward from the attachment portion (21); and an airbag module (30) which includes a retainer (34) fixed to the back protrusion portion (22).

Abstract: An airbag module according to various implementations includes an inflatable cushion, an inflator, and a pre-fold. The inflatable cushion includes a first panel and a second panel, each of the first and second panels including an outer surface. The first panel and the second panel are folded to form a first tuck and a second tuck. A protruding portion of the first and second panels is then folded into or adjacent to the first or second tuck to form the pre-fold.

Abstract: A side airbag module (24) for a restraint device has a side airbag (26), in particular a seat-integrated side airbag (26), wherein the side airbag (26) includes at least a first chamber (32) and at least a second chamber (34) provided above the first chamber (32) which are fluidically connected to each other via a fluid communication, and wherein, in a first activated state of the side airbag module (24), a first pressure (p1) prevails in the first chamber (32) and, in a second activated state, a second pressure (p2) prevails in the first chamber (32) and in the second chamber (34), the first pressure (p1) being higher than the second pressure (p2).

Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance being defined between the airbag module and the extension.

Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag having a packaged condition in which the curtain airbag is rolled and/or folded to be installed along a roof rail in a vehicle. The curtain airbag is configured to be inflated and deployed along a side structure of the vehicle structure. The curtain airbag includes a channel configured to receive a package maintaining structure configured to enforce a predetermined configuration of the curtain airbag in the packaged condition.

Abstract: The side airbag device is provided with a cushion, an inflator arranged on the occupant side of a side part of a seat frame, and a support plate, where the cushion in a folded state includes: a first portion positioned on the occupant side of the seat frame side part, and a second portion positioned on the side opposite the occupant side of the seat frame side part and wraps around the vehicle front side from the first portion to sandwich the seat frame side part together with the first portion; and the support plate includes: a main body part for supporting the second portion, and a rearward extending part, in which through-holes and are formed extending from the main body part toward the rear of the vehicle beyond the second portion for allowing stud bolts and of the inflator to pass through.

Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back, and an airbag attached to the vehicle seat at a first anchor point and a second anchor point. The first anchor point is located on the seat bottom and fixed relative to the seat bottom, and the second anchor point is located on the seat back and movable along a length of the seat back.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle includes a roof airbag device including a roof cushion mounted on a roof of a vehicle body and protruding toward a lower side of a vehicle compartment in a deployed state, a curtain airbag device including a curtain cushion mounted on the vehicle body around a side window to cover the side window in the deployed state, and a coupling unit configured to couple the roof cushion to be supported on the curtain cushion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device (10) for a vehicle interior lining (95) for mounting to a vehicle body (90). According to the invention, the mounting device (10) comprises a mounting slide (20) that is configured for mounting a tether (60) of an airbag (85), wherein the mounting slide (20) can be actuated by the tether (60).

Abstract: A seat back of a vehicle seat, including: a side frame provided inside a cushion member in which an accommodation portion is formed; a cover material that covers a surface of the cushion member; an airbag accommodated in a folded state in the accommodation portion; a cylindrical inflator provided in the accommodation portion; a first retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to a rupture portion; a second retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to the rupture portion; and a joining member that joins together the respective other end portions of the first retaining cloth and second retaining cloth at the accommodation portion, wherein, when viewed along an axis of the inflator, a front end portion of the side frame is disposed forward of the inflator and the joining member is disposed forward of a front end portion of the side frame.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a roof airbag may include a first cushion installed between a vehicle roof and a headliner, and a second cushion connected to one surface of the first cushion and deployed downward from the headliner to obstruct a front of a passenger as a gas is supplied from the first cushion, and an opening may be formed and provided in the headliner for the second cushion to pass therethrough and be deployed.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar spaced along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening therebetween. The vehicle includes a first track on the front pillar and a second track on the rear pillar. A cable is moveably engaged with the first track and the second track from an undeployed position to a raised position. The cable extends across the door opening from the first track to the second track in the raised position. An airbag is moveable with the cable from the undeployed position to the raised position. The airbag is supported by the cable in the raised position.

Abstract: An airbag cushion for installation in a negative pressure vehicle having a partition extending vertically along B-pillar trim covering a B-pillar, may include a cushion body mounted on a vehicle body in a folded state on an upper portion of the B-pillar, inflated by gas, and deployed between the B-pillar trim and the partition, and a tether connecting one side of the cushion body to the vehicle body to allow the cushion body to maintain its deployed shape.

Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm and a grenade pin having a grasping element and a key with a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The grenade pin is removable from the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: A clip assembly is provided including a clip having a support leg joined with a control arm, an actuator, and a displacement control element operable to engage the control arm and hold the support leg in a retracted mode. The actuator is movable relative to the clip and/or a carrier associated with the clip to disengage the displacement control element from the control arm and thereby deploy the associated support leg from the body to secure the clip to the panel. The clip can include a retention leg to retain the clip relative to the panel upon installation of the clip relative to the panel. A related method of use is provided.

Abstract: An object is to provide a fixing structure of a webbing which can improve workability when a webbing is mounted and can also contribute to cost reduction, and a vehicle seat provided therewith. A fixing structure of a webbing in a vehicle seat having an airbag device, including an airbag module fixed to a seat frame of the vehicle seat, a first webbing and a second webbing surrounding the airbag module together with the seat frame and guiding the inflating airbag to an airbag outlet on a seat surface, a locked portion provided on a first end part of the first webbing, a fixed portion provided on a second end part of the second webbing, a locking member formed of a member having rigidity and having a fixing portion to which the fixed portion of the second webbing is fixed and a locking portion which hooks and locks the locked portion of the first webbing.

Abstract: An airbag device installed in a vehicle seat having a seat cushion forming a seat surface and a seatback forming a backrest, being provided with an inflator stowed in one side portion of the seatback that generates inflation gas, and an airbag stowed in the seatback in a rolled or folded state that deploys from one side portion by the inflator releasing the inflation gas. The airbag deploys toward the front of the seatback and includes an upper chamber region for protecting at least around the head and neck of the occupant and a lower chamber region for protecting mainly from the waist to the shoulders of the occupant.

Abstract: An airbag device provided with an airbag and inflator integrally covering the head and side sections of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The airbag, includes, during expansion and deployment, a head protecting chamber that covers the head of the occupant and side protecting chambers that cover the side sections of the occupant, and is stowed in a rolled state, for example, from a first side of the backrest of the vehicle seat to the second side over the upper portion. An additional folding part is provided on the outer periphery of the airbag extending from the attachment end side to the backrest so as to cover at least a part of the outer periphery of the airbag on the side opposite to the seated occupant.

Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, an upper airbag mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag mounted to the seat back below the upper airbag, a flexible conduit fluidly coupling the upper airbag and the lower airbag, and a device actuatable between a first state permitting airflow through the conduit and a second state blocking airflow through the conduit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag cushion and a method of folding the same, in which the airbag cushion covers a lateral side and a front side of a seat by being deployed forward in a state in which the airbag cushion is folded at a lateral side of a seatback, a first lateral section of a lateral chamber, which is deployed from the lateral side of the seatback before the first lateral section reaches a passenger's shoulder, is folded by a tuck-in method that pushes the airbag cushion inward and folds the airbag cushion, and a second lateral section of the lateral chamber, which is deployed from the first lateral section while passing over the passenger's shoulder, is folded by an out-board roll method that folds the airbag cushion toward the outside of the passenger.

Abstract: A trim cover assembly includes a trim cover disposable over a cushion having a release handle bezel assembly, the trim cover has an A-side and a B-side, opposite the A-side, facing an external surface of the cushion. The trim cover defines a cover opening that, when disposed over the cushion, generally corresponds to a release handle of the release handle bezel assembly. The trim cover assembly also includes a trim retainer on the B-side of the trim cover having an outer periphery and an inner periphery defining a retainer opening generally corresponding to at least a portion of the cover opening. The trim retainer is configured to engage a housing of the release handle bezel assembly such that the trim cover assembly can be secured to the housing and between the housing and a bezel of the release handle bezel assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag inflatable from a stored condition to a deployed condition in which the airbag is positioned to help protect the vehicle occupant. The airbag includes an extendable member comprising one or more slits formed in the airbag material. Each slit has a concave configuration defining an extendable portion of the extendable member that is movable relative to the remainder of the extendable member to extend the reach of the extendable member. According to one aspect, the extendable member can form a mounting tab for mounting the airbag in the vehicle. According to another aspect, the extendable member can form a wrapping structure for maintaining the airbag in a packaged condition for installation in the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of folding an airbag cushion including a first operation of tuck-in folding an upper portion of the airbag cushion downward to form an upper tuck-in portion, and tuck-in folding a lower portion of the airbag cushion upward is to form a lower tuck-in portion, a second operation of partially in-board folding the front based on a longitudinal direction from the rear to the front of the airbag cushion, the third operation of out-board folding the airbag cushion in a state in which the airbag cushion has a partially double overlapping structure through the in-board folding, and a fourth operation of in-board folding the airbag cushion in a state in which the airbag cushion has a triple overlapping structure through the out-board folding, wherein the in-board folding and the out-board folding are alternately performed in the longitudinal direction of the airbag cushion.

Abstract: An airbag device includes a tether having an improved folding position that enables the tether to unfold as it cuts through a covering. The airbag device may include a foam pad embedded in a seatback, an airbag cushion folded at a lateral side of the foam pad and configured to be deployed forward, a covering shaped to cover the foam pad and configured to cover the seatback, and a tether positioned between the foam pad and the covering and connected between the seatback and the airbag cushion. The tether is configured to unfold as it cuts through the covering when the airbag cushion is deployed.

Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the airbag inflator.

Abstract: An impact cushion device for a motor vehicle includes an impact cushion, which can be adjusted from a compressed stowed position into an expanded use position. A motor vehicle component and a cover element together delimit a receiving area for the impact cushion when the impact cushion is in the stowed position. The cover element is held on the motor vehicle component via a latching connection at least in some regions when the impact cushion is arranged in the stowed position, and the cover element can be released from the motor vehicle component at least in some regions when the impact cushion is adjusted from the stowed position into the use position. The receiving area is equipped with a plastic foam which covers at least some regions of the impact cushion relative to the cover element when the impact cushion is in the stowed position, the plastic foam being covered by the cover element.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a post is extendable relative to the vehicle floor from a retracted position to an extended position. A net is moveably engaged with the post and the net is moveable relative to the post between a lowered position and a raised position. An airbag is supported on the post and is inflatable to an inflated position when the post is in the extended position and the net is in the raised position.

Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening. The vehicle includes a first track supported by the front pillar and a second track supported by the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a bar extending from the first track to the second track. The bar is moveable relative to the first track and the second track from a lowered position to a raised position. The bar extends across the door opening in the raised position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bar. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position when the bar is in the raised position.