Mounted In Vehicle And Positioned Laterally Of Occupant Patents (Class 280/730.2)
  • Patent number: 11639147
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor and a seat supported by the floor. The seat is translatable relative to the floor along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. An airbag housing is supported by the floor and is disposed alongside the seat. The airbag housing is translatable relative to the floor along the longitudinal axis. An airbag is supported by the airbag housing. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position that extends from the airbag housing away from the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 11634097
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a curtain airbag cushion is proposed. The apparatus for mounting curtain airbag cushion includes an intermediate connection tap (200) and a strap (400) coupled to the curtain airbag cushion (1) by sewing (300), and a mounting plate (100) coupled to the intermediate connection tap (200) and securely coupled to a vehicle body (2). The mounting plate (100) is made of a steel material, thereby maintaining sufficient assembly torque when the mounting plate 100 is securely assembled to the vehicle body 2 by a medium of a bolt (500), and the intermediate connection tap (200) and the strap (400) coupled to the curtain airbag cushion (1) by sewing (300) are made of flexible fabric materials, thereby preventing the curtain airbag cushion (1) from being damaged by the intermediate connection tap (200) and the strap (400) in sewing 300.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ju Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11634098
    Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an armrest supported by the vehicle seat. The armrest includes an upright portion elongated along an axis and an arm support portion supported by the upright portion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the arm support portion of the armrest. The airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion extending upwardly from the arm support portion when the airbag is in the inflated position and a lower portion extending downwardly from the arm support portion when the airbag is in the inflated position. The upper portion is vehicle-inboard of the axis and the lower portion being vehicle-outboard of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, S. M. Akbar Berry, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Robyne Mcbride, Benjamin Yilma, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Jeffrey C. Paddock, Chuck R. Reese
  • Patent number: 11628796
    Abstract: A deployment ramp for helping to direct a curtain airbag to deploy inboard of a trim piece on a side structure of a vehicle includes a deployment flap for directing the curtain airbag to deploy inboard of the trim piece and a mounting portion configured to receive a fastener for connecting the deployment ramp and the curtain airbag to the vehicle. The mounting portion includes a pair of mounting tabs. Each mounting tab is configured to be installed in a corresponding sleeve in the curtain airbag to connect the deployment ramp to the curtain airbag. The mounting portion is configured so that installing both mounting tabs in their corresponding sleeves requires the application of external manipulating forces to the mounting portion in order to bend and/or deflect in order to overcome an interference between the mounting portion and the curtain airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventors: Dylan Moran, Avadhoot Paranjpe
  • Patent number: 11628795
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a middle console. The assembly includes a seatback including a vehicle-rearward side. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the middle console. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a middle portion and an extension. The extension extends from the middle portion along the vehicle-rearward side of the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Luohui Long
  • Patent number: 11623601
    Abstract: A head protection airbag device includes an airbag including a front seat protection portion, and an end side expansion portion, and a partition closing portion. The airbag is configured to be provided with a single receiving area where the head which moves diagonally forward at the time of an oblique collision or an offset collision of the vehicle is received by the front seat protection portion, and a collaborative receiving area where the head is received by the front seat protection portion and the end side expansion portion. The partition closing portion is linearly provided to be inclined forward and downward in a state where the airbag is viewed from a side when the expansion of the airbag is completed. The collaborative receiving area includes vehicle inner side surfaces of the end side expansion portion and the front seat protection portion with the partition closing portion interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Matsuo Nagata, Jun Sato
  • Patent number: 11618409
    Abstract: A technology of improving the expansion speed and the expansion balance of an airbag cushion by improving the folding structure of the airbag cushion is proposed. An automotive side airbag is provided, in which a first state is implemented by folding a front end of an airbag cushion inside toward a rear end of the airbag cushion, a second state implemented by folding an upper end a lower end of the airbag cushion over a middle portion, and then a third state is implemented by rolling the airbag cushion, and a method of folding the automotive side airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11618406
    Abstract: An occupant protection system includes a first airbag device, a second airbag device, and an airbag control processor. The first airbag device includes a first bag. The first bag is configured to be deployed along a side surface of a compartment of a vehicle upon a side impact of the vehicle. The second airbag device includes a second bag. The second bag includes a shoulder pressing part. The shoulder pressing part is configured to be deployed between a seat back and a shoulder, of an occupant, on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The airbag control processor is configured to control deployment and non-deployment of the shoulder pressing part of the second airbag device in accordance with a state of the side impact of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Junichi Oorai, Takuya Tamura
  • Patent number: 11618407
    Abstract: A side airbag for a vehicle includes: a main cushion located at a seat of the vehicle and configured to be unfolded at a front side of a passenger to a front of the vehicle when gas is injected into the main cushion; a sub cushion connected to a front-end portion of the main cushion and configured to be unfolded from the front-end portion of the main cushion toward the passenger when gas is injected into the sub cushion; a support tether having a first end connected to the seat and a second end connected to the sub cushion so as to support the sub cushion; and a cushion cover surrounding both the main cushion and the sub cushion, and having a tether slit through which the support tether passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Patent number: 11608021
    Abstract: A curtain airbag module for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag package including a curtain airbag configured to inflate between a side structure of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The airbag package also includes an airbag wrap that packages the curtain airbag in a stored condition and is configured to rupture and release the curtain airbag for deployment in response curtain airbag inflation. The curtain airbag module also includes a deployment ramp including a ramp portion for helping to direct the curtain airbag to deploy inboard of the side structure. The deployment ramp also includes retainer portions, spaced along its length, that are configured for insertion into retainer slots in the airbag wrap to connect the airbag package to the deployment ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventor: Joseph DiTrapani
  • Patent number: 11608023
    Abstract: A side airbag device is provided in a seat back of a vehicle seat. The side airbag device includes: a primary airbag configured to be inflated and deployed forward and in an up-and-down direction from an outer portion of the seat back in a vehicle width direction; and a secondary airbag connected to an inner portion of the primary airbag in the vehicle width direction, communicating with the primary airbag through a first communication hole, and configured to be inflated and deployed inward in the vehicle width direction from the primary airbag. The first communication hole is at least partially arranged more forward than a front surface of the outer portion of the seat back in an inflated and deployed state of the primary airbag. The secondary airbag comes in contact with a front surface of the seat back in an inflated and deployed state of the secondary airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Ikeda, Yu Kanayama, Hisaki Sugaya, Takayuki Kawabuchi, Hiroyuki Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11608020
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an airbag module may comprise an airbag cover configured to be positioned within a vehicle seat and comprising an opening. The opening may be configured to receive a structural element of the vehicle seat therethrough, such as an armrest mount. The module may further comprise an airbag cushion positioned within the airbag cover and configured to deploy from the airbag cover such that forces from deployment of the airbag cushion are directed applied to the structural element, in some cases directing these forces to the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Alan Wheelwright
  • Patent number: 11603064
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a module base element for a vehicle occupant protection system comprising at least one module carrier for receiving at least one airbag module wherein the airbag module comprises at least one airbag and the airbag is connected to a gas source, especially a gas generator, and comprising a hinged arm having at least one hinged element so that the module carrier can be moved from an idle position to an operating position and from an operating position to an idle position, and comprising a lap restraint element. The present disclosure further describes a vehicle occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat comprising at least one restraint element, wherein at least one restraint element of the vehicle occupant protection system is disposed in a module base element according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Freisler, Erik Hanle
  • Patent number: 11603065
    Abstract: Tabs for coupling airbag cushions to hangers and/or vehicles, along with related assembly/manufacturing methods. In some embodiments, the tab may comprise a first section comprising a first plurality of openings and a slot configured to receive a portion of the hanger therethrough, the slot being positioned in between at least a first opening of the first plurality of openings and a second opening of the first plurality of openings. The tab may further comprise a second section comprising a second plurality of openings. In some embodiments the second section may comprise, at least in part, a narrower width than the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Callewaert
  • Patent number: 11603071
    Abstract: A wind-up device for winding up a vehicular airbag includes a base, a bar, and a first movable member. The base has an elongated plate shape extending in a first direction and includes a housing section that extends in the first direction. The vehicular airbag is placed on the base. The bar is disposed in the housing section and has a center axis extending in the first direction. The bar is rotatable around the center axis and includes a groove that extends in the first direction and is recessed from an outer surface of the bar toward the center axis. The first movable member extends in the first direction along the bar and is movable to be closer to the bar. The first movable member includes an insertion section that is to be inserted into the groove together with a portion of the airbag that is above the housing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhito Higuchi, Makoto Sotokawauchi, Masato Morii
  • Patent number: 11597344
    Abstract: A curtain airbag is proposed to improve the deployability of an airbag cushion while simplifying the structure of the curtain airbag by forming a sub-chamber. The curtain airbag includes a main chamber of an airbag cushion secured to an upper end inside a vehicle body to be deployed to a lower end thereof, a first sub-chamber of the airbag cushion deployed above a pillar trim while pushing the vehicle body to move the main chamber towards a center of a vehicle, and a second sub-chamber of the airbag cushion deployed between an end of the pillar trim and the main chamber, thus pushing the main chamber to prevent the main chamber from being caught by the end of the pillar trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11590904
    Abstract: A trim element for a pillar of a body of a motor vehicle is described, in particular for an A pillar, having a main body; an outer side of the main body, which faces toward a vehicle interior in an installed state of the trim element on the pillar, an inner side of the main body, which faces toward the body in an installed state of the trim element on the pillar, a textile element covering the outer side having multiple edge sections folded over onto the inner side, and a bending section, which is formed in the main body, extending essentially along the longitudinal direction of the trim element; and a pivoting section of the main body extending along the bending section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Martin Bauer
  • Patent number: 11590920
    Abstract: Seat centric airbag restraint systems having pelvis restraint features, along with related methods. In some implementations, a first seat-mounted airbag cushion may be deployed along a first side of a vehicle occupant and a second seat-mounted airbag cushion may be deployed along a second side of the vehicle occupant. A first pelvis restraint chamber may be deployed below the first seat-mounted airbag cushion at an angle relative to the first seat-mounted airbag cushion and towards a first upper thigh of the vehicle occupant. The first pelvis restraint chamber may inhibit forward translation of the vehicle occupant within a vehicle seat by tensioning the pelvis region of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Schneider, Harry Park
  • Patent number: 11584330
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The airbag apparatus is configured to protect an occupant from an impact during a vehicle collision, to restrain the occupant to minimize occupant injuries, and to have improved storage performance to reduce a seat package volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong Ryung Lee, Hae Kwon Park, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11584327
    Abstract: A bracket assembly for a vehicle frame includes a trim piece with a high retention clip. The trim piece incudes a deployable portion that is configured to partially deploy in response to a first predetermined force. An inflator tube is concealed by the trim piece and includes an air curtain. A bracket is operably coupled to the trim piece. The bracket has a deformable portion and side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pamela Avendano Arenas, Christopher Robert Tilli, Maria Fernanda Medina Luna
  • Patent number: 11577681
    Abstract: Far-side inflatable airbag assemblies are disclosed to be installed to deploy adjacent an occupant during a far-side collision event or a far-side oblique collision event, and may retain the occupant at the occupant's vehicle occupant position to protect the occupant from collision with structures within the vehicle, as well as from collisions with other occupants of the vehicle. The far-side inflatable airbag assemblies of the present disclosure may be particularly beneficial when installed between vehicle occupant positions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Alan Wheelwright, Andrew Lawrence Holliday, Charles Paul Dinsdale, Derek John Wiscombe
  • Patent number: 11572029
    Abstract: A side impact cushion device of a motor vehicle contains at least one impact cushion which can be inflated by a gas generator. The impact cushion in an installation state has an upper portion, a central portion and a lower portion. In this case, the upper portion is arranged substantially horizontally in a deployed state, the central portion is formed in the form of a shell surface of a rotationally symmetrical, developable body, the lower portion can be supported on an upper side of an armrest and a rotational axis of the rotationally symmetrical body is oriented vertically in the deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Felix Haenel
  • Patent number: 11565650
    Abstract: An airbag device configured to be disposed in front of an occupant in a vehicle includes: an inflator configured to generate gas; an airbag that is folded and housed, the airbag being configured to be inflated and deployed by the gas generated by the inflator; and a holding member including an attachment portion to which the inflator is attached, and holding the folded airbag capable of being inflated and deployed from an occupant side opposite the attachment portion. The holding member includes an inhibiting portion that covers a part of the folded airbag from the occupant side and that is configured to partially inhibit initial inflation and deployment of the airbag. The inhibiting portion has a first region and a second region where inhibiting forces that inhibit the initial inflation and deployment are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamashita, Daijiro Katayama, Kazuyoshi Nakai
  • Patent number: 11554745
    Abstract: An airbag module (10) comprises an airbag (14) and an elongate inflator (12) having at least one laterally projecting fastening bolt (36), wherein the airbag (14) comprises a cushion portion (24) and an insertion portion (26) for receiving the inflator (12) in an inserting direction (R), wherein the insertion portion (26) is arranged, with the airbag (14) being not inflated and flatly spread, on a side of the cushion portion (24) and includes one boundary (30) close to the cushion portion (24) and one boundary (32) remote from the cushion portion (24). The flatly spread airbag (14) has a front peripheral portion (20) and an opposed rear peripheral portion (22). The insertion portion (26) is wider than a diameter (d) of the inflator (12) and has at least one hole (38) for the fastening bolt (36) of the inflator (12) to pass through. The insertion portion (26) is angled toward the insertion opening (28) on the side remote from the cushion portion (24) opposed to the adjacent rear peripheral portion (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Gerd Zischka, Marco Wahl
  • Patent number: 11554739
    Abstract: A middle console assembly includes a middle console including a vehicle-rearward side. The middle console assembly includes an airbag assembly including a base and an airbag supported by the base. The base of the airbag assembly is disposed at and moveable upwardly relative to the vehicle-rearward side of the middle console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 11548464
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a first airbag and a second airbag each supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position. The assembly includes a zipper connecting the first airbag to the second airbag in the inflated position. The assembly includes a non-inflatable panel connected to the first airbag and the second airbag. The non-inflatable panel has a releasable fastener releasably connected to one of the first airbag or the second airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 11541835
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. The backrest may have a foam component with a cavity for receiving at least part of an airbag device. The foam component may be lined at least to some extent with a reinforcing layer arrangement in the region of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Hamm, Benjamin Joerke, Benjamin Guenther
  • Patent number: 11541836
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle floor. The assembly includes a pair of vehicle doors spaced cross-vehicle from each other. The vehicle floor is between the vehicle doors. The assembly includes a vehicle seat between the vehicle doors and having a seat bottom supported by the vehicle floor. The assembly includes a pair of inflatable devices that are thermoplastic elastomer and inflatable to inflated positions. The pair of inflatable devices are supported by the vehicle floor and spaced from each other. One of the inflatable devices is between the seat bottom and one of the vehicle doors in the inflated position and the other of the inflatable devices is between the seat bottom and the other of the vehicle doors in the inflated position. The seat bottom is elongated from one of the inflatable devices to the other of the inflatable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Brian Robert Spahn, Mohammad Omar Faruque
  • Patent number: 11541837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle. In order to attain the purpose, the airbag apparatus for a vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a mounting board positioned in front of a rider; and an airbag module which is installed on the mounting board and, when a vehicle collides, restrains and protects the rider by means of inflating and expanding an airbag cushion toward the rider. Therefore, when the vehicle collides, the airbag cushion is inflated and expanded from the mounting board and thus the rider can safely be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Seung-Jin Lee, Dong-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11541826
    Abstract: A bracket for a display assembly includes a body that has a first edge and a second edge that define a first surface and a second surface of the body. An elongated retention feature is coupled to the first edge of the body and defines an elongated slot proximate to the first surface of the body. A plurality of retention clips are coupled to the second edge of the body. Each of the plurality of retention clips define a slot proximate to the first surface of the body. At least one housing is coupled to the second surface of the body and defines locking apertures. At least one cap is selectively coupled to the at least one housing. The at least one cap defines locking features selectively disposed within the locking apertures that are defined by the at least one housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Beatriz Arredondo Dhruna, Alexandra Margaret Rose, Amit Chakravarty, Luis Alberto Durán Hernández
  • Patent number: 11541840
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat and a linear guide adjacent the seat. The linear guide has a base fixed relative to the seat and a lifter moveable relative to the base. An airbag has a mounting connection. The mounting connection is supported by and fixed to the lifter of the linear guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 11535187
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an airbag module that comprises an inflatable airbag, an inflator for inflating the airbag and a plurality of securing units for attaching the airbag module to a vehicle. The airbag has a C-shaped configuration including two juxtaposed legs in an imaginary cross-sectional plane that is transverse to its longitudinal extension. The disclosed design of the airbag is configured to improve deployment behavior such that in a mounting situation of the airbag 10 a central plane defined between the two legs intersects a vertical plane extending through the longitudinal extension of the airbag. A manufacturing method for an airbag module is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dalphi Metal Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santín Navarro, Miguel Sobradelo Sineiro
  • Patent number: 11529927
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle is capable of protecting a collision object while protecting the vehicle and an occupant. In particular, the airbag apparatus is installed in a fully autonomous vehicle in which the occupant's position and posture are variable. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator provided at a pillar of a vehicle body and configured to generate working gas, a housing mounted to the pillar of the vehicle body, a cushion part accommodated in the housing and configured to be inflated as being discharged from the housing by receiving the working gas generated from the inflator for covering the vehicle, and a tether part provided in the cushion part to determine a deployment shape of the cushion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
  • Patent number: 11529924
    Abstract: An occupant crash protection device is an occupant crash protection device for a vehicle including an aisle between a side face of a seat in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle cabin wall facing the side face. The occupant crash protection device includes: a seat-side airbag device configured to deploy a seat-side gas cushion portion between the aisle and an occupant sitting on the seat, the seat-side airbag device being placed around the seat; and a wall-side airbag device including a wall-side gas cushion portion configured to be deployed downward from the upper side of the vehicle cabin wall, the wall-side airbag device being placed inside an end part, on the vehicle cabin wall side, of a ceiling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Makoto Sekizuka
  • Patent number: 11524652
    Abstract: A curtain airbag attached to a vehicle body and expanded and deployed by a gas from an inflator containing: a first region along a lower edge; a second region adjacent above the first region with a first fold line; a third region adjacent above the second region with a second fold line formed on an opposite side of the first fold line across the second region. The first region is in a condition folded back at the first fold line to face a first surface side of the second region, the second region is in a condition folded back at the second fold line such that the folded back first region is between the second region and the third region, the third region is in a condition rolled upward on a second surface side. Rolling starts from the second fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Tomoya Kato, Takashi Murayama, Ryota Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 11518337
    Abstract: An airbag comprises an inside base cloth, an outside base cloth, and a regulating member (tether) provided between these. The regulating member is respectively joined to front and rear portions of the inside base cloth at front-side and rear-side joint portions. The longitudinal length between the front-side and rear-side joint portions of the regulating member is shorter than that between the front-side and rear-side joint portions of the inside base cloth. The rear-side joint portion is positioned on a forward side of a front end portion of a side frame (a first side frame) but on a rearward side of an imaginary line connecting a hip point and a center position of a shoulder portion of a human body dummy for side-collision test (AM50) seated in a vehicle seat in a side view. A back-portion protection area of the airbag is constituted by a part of the inside base cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11518338
    Abstract: An inflatable airbag system is disclosed, the inflatable airbag system configured with a securement wrapper and a packaging wrapper, the securement wrapper retaining an inflatable airbag cushion of the inflatable airbag system in a packaging state during assembly of the packaging wrapper to the inflatable airbag system. The securement wrapper prevents or reduces the incidence of excursion of the inflatable airbag cushion from the appropriate packaging state during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Glenn Montgomery, Naoki Morita
  • Patent number: 11518339
    Abstract: A side airbag device for restraining an occupant at an early stage by changing a thickness of a chamber includes a cushion formed in a bag shape by combining an outer panel located at an outer side in a vehicle width direction and an inner panel located at an inner side in the vehicle width direction. A baffle spans between the outer panel and the inner panel in an inside of the cushion and partitions the inside of the cushion into a front chamber located at a vehicle front side and a rear chamber located at a vehicle rear side. An inflator is disposed in the rear chamber, and a first tether and a second tether extend from the baffle toward a vehicle rear. The tethers respectively extend from the baffle via both sides of the inflator in the vehicle width direction so as to be connected with a rear end of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Yuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11505153
    Abstract: To effectively retain a deployed airbag without increasing installation man hours, in addition to suppressing rotation of this airbag in a direction away from a seat. For example, a side airbag apparatus 1 installed inside a backrest SB of the seat S includes: an airbag 2; an inflator 3 provided inside the airbag 2; a tether 4; and a bracket 5. The airbag 2 is deployed in a first direction in which a base end side 2a thereof is attached to a seat back frame SBF and the tip side thereof is distant from the backrest SB. The tether 4 includes: one end 4a attached to the seat back frame SBF; and the other end which extends in the first direction on the outer surface of the airbag 2 in the deployed state so as to be attached to the part on the tip side 2b of the airbag 2. A bracket 5 is attached to the seat back frame SBF and provided in the direction in which the tether 4 extends. The tether 4 is supported by the front end of the bracket 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Makoto Fuma, Yoshihiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 11505158
    Abstract: A vehicle center airbag may include a main cushion and a plurality of sub-cushions. The main cushion is mounted on a lateral surface of a seat back and is deployed in a forward direction, being positioned beside a passenger when a side collision occurs. The sub-cushions are configured to communicate with the main cushion and are deployed upwards from the top portion of the main cushion. When the sub-cushions are deployed, they extend in a forward-backward direction of the vehicle and are positioned above the torso of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Yoon Suk Lim
  • Patent number: 11505320
    Abstract: A handle system for a vehicle is disclosed and includes a support structure defining a handle. The support structure is movable between a stowed position where the handle is inaccessible by a passenger and a deployed position where the handle is accessible by the passenger. The handle system also includes an actuator operably coupled to the support structure and configured to move the support structure between the stowed position and the deployed position. The handle system further includes one or more sensors configured to obtain data indicative of vehicle motion and a controller. The controller is configured to determine the vehicle exceeds a threshold rate of movement based on the data obtained by the one or more sensors. In response to determining the vehicle exceeds the threshold rate of movement, the controller instructs the actuator to move the support structure from the stowed position into the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Eric Nicks
  • Patent number: 11498513
    Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect a vehicle occupant includes an airbag having primary and secondary chambers fluidly connected by a first passive vent and an active vent having an open condition and a closed condition. The primary chamber has a stored condition and a deployed condition to cover a portion of the vehicle. An interior panel divides the primary chamber into upper and lower inflatable volumes and includes a second passive vent fluidly connecting the upper and lower inflatable volumes. The secondary chamber has a stored condition and a deployed condition to cover portions of the vehicle left uncovered by the primary chamber. An inflator is actuatable to provide inflation fluid to the primary chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventor: Jaime Perez
  • Patent number: 11502445
    Abstract: An electrical wiring device including a housing including a front cover coupled to at least one body member, the front cover including a plurality of receptacle openings in a major front surface thereof, the plurality of receptacle openings being configured to receive a plurality of plug blades of a corded electrical plug, wherein the plurality of receptacle openings includes at least a ground prong opening and the at least one body member includes at least one set of receptacle contacts including a hot receptacle contact and a neutral receptacle contact; and a shutter assembly positioned within the housing and including a first shutter member coupled to a second shutter member, wherein the first shutter member is configured to move from a first position to a second position when a ground prong is inserted through the ground prong opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Murphy, Alec J. Brindisi
  • Patent number: 11491941
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection control device includes: a seat state detector configured to detect directions of first and second seats inside a vehicle; and a vehicle occupant protection controller configured to open at least one of a first bag body that is opened on a first side in a width direction of the first seat and a second bag body that is opened on a second side diagonal to the first side in a width direction of the second seat in a state in which the first seat faces the second seat when the seat state detector detects that the first seat faces the second seat and an impact on the vehicle is detected or predicted. A first vehicle occupant sitting on the first seat is pressed on the second side in accordance with the opening of the first bag body or a second vehicle occupant sitting on the second seat is pressed on the first side in accordance with the opening of the second bag body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Hiroshi Akaba
  • Patent number: 11491947
    Abstract: A side airbag device is provided in a seat back of a vehicle seat. The side airbag device includes: a primary airbag configured to be deployed forward and in an up-and-down direction from an outer portion of the seat back in a vehicle width direction; and a secondary airbag connected to the primary airbag via a connecting portion, communicating with the primary airbag through a communication hole provided in the connecting portion, and configured to be deployed in the vehicle width direction from the primary airbag. The secondary airbag is folded to a side opposite to the primary airbag along a first fold passing above the connecting portion and extending in a front-and-rear direction. In a state where the secondary airbag is folded along the first fold, the primary airbag and the secondary airbag are wound or folded around an axis extending in the up-and-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Kanayama, Koji Ikeda, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Hisaki Sugaya, Takayuki Kawabuchi
  • Patent number: 11491944
    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 (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending 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 (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11491948
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a vehicle roof spaced from the vehicle floor. A pillar extends from the vehicle floor to the vehicle roof. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the pillar. The airbag is inflatable from the pillar from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The assembly includes a seat supported by the vehicle floor adjacent the pillar. The airbag extends around the seat when in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Anil Kalra
  • Patent number: 11485309
    Abstract: A restraint barricade control system may include a restraint barricade configured to be mounted to a motor vehicle at or adjacent to an occupant access opening thereof, the restraint barricade having an non-deployed state and a deployed state, at least one sensor configured to produce at least one sensor signal corresponding to movement of the motor vehicle relative to at least one axis of an axis system of the motor vehicle, at least one actuator operatively coupled to the restraint barricade, a processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensor and to the at least one actuator, and a memory having instructions therein which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to activate the at least one actuator to deploy the restraint barricade from the non-deployed state to the deployed state based on the at least one sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris P. Jessup, Jeffrey A. King, Steven Gale, Douglas W. Bittner
  • Patent number: 11472368
    Abstract: An occupant crash protection includes: a seatbelt that restrains a front-seat occupant sitting in a front seat; a retractor that is installed inside a seatback of the front seat and reels in one end side of the seatbelt, inserted inside the seatback, so as to allow the seatbelt to be pulled out; and a rear-seat airbag module that is installed inside the seatback, on a seat rear side relative to the seatbelt, and inflates and deploys an airbag toward the seat rear side of the seatback while inflating a part of the airbag toward a seat front side so as to press the seatbelt toward the seat front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Patent number: 11472366
    Abstract: The airbag includes a bag body that deploys and inflates to cover the interior side of the window, and a strap having an upper end attached to an upper window frame, a lower end attached to a lateral frame, and an intermediate portion connected to the body. The strap has an insertion portion, which is inserted through the insertion hole of the body, on the intermediate portion, so that the part from the upper end to the insertion portion is an outer side portion, which is placed on the outside of the body in the inflated state, and the part from the insertion portion to the lower end is an inner side portion. When the inflation of the body is completed, the inner side portion is pressed to the inside of the vehicle by the front edge side inflation portion, and generates tension in the strap and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Hayashi