公开(公告)号：EP1504970A2

公开(公告)日：2005-02-09

申请号：EP04026651.2

申请日：2000-11-09

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Greib, Gary R. ,  Wolanin, Michael J. ,  Thomas, Scott David ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Taylor, Stephanie L. ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Ryan, Shawn Gregory

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/28

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/276 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/23386 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag assembly for cushioning restraint of an occupant in a vehicle during an impact event. The air bag assembly includes an inflator (40) activatable to discharge inflation gas upon the occurrence of predetermined vehicle conditions and an air bag cushion (20) in fluid communication with the inflator (40) such that upon discharge of inflation gas from the inflator the air bag cushion (20) is inflated to a deployed state from a location of deployment in substantially opposing relation to the occupant. One or more profile restraining tether elements (30) extend from locations on the air bag cushion to an anchor structure (48) so as to shorten the operative length of the profile restraining tether elements. An actuation mechanism (36) activatable in response to a signal from a sensor measuring occupant conditions is used to release the tether elements (30) from the anchor structure (48) thereby extending the operative profile of the air bag cushion (20) upon the occurrence of predetermined occupant conditions.
The air bag assembly further comprises an actuatable variable inflation device to control the amount of inflation gas discharged into the air bag cushion, wherein the actuatable variable inflation device comprises a vent blocking member (85) alignable with a vent opening (43) within a housing (42) in which the inflator is disposed, the vent blocking member being moveable relative to the vent opening upon activation of the actuation mechanism (36) thereby adjusting the effective venting area of the vent opening.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在冲击事件期间缓冲车辆中的乘员的约束的气囊组件。 气囊组件包括一个充气器（40），其能够在发生预定的车辆状态时活动以排放充气气体，以及与充气机（40）流体连通的气囊垫（20），使得当从充气机排放充气气体时， 气囊缓冲器（20）从与所述乘员基本上相对的展开位置充气到展开状态。 一个或多个轮廓限制系绳元件（30）从气囊垫上的位置延伸到锚定结构（48），以缩短轮廓限制系绳元件的操作长度。 使用响应于来自测量乘客条件的传感器的信号而激活的致动机构（36）来从锚结构（48）释放系绳元件（30），从而将气囊垫（20）的操作轮廓延伸到 发生预定的乘员条件。 气囊组件还包括可致动的可变膨胀装置，以控制排放到气囊垫中的充气气体的量，其中可致动的可变膨胀装置包括与外壳内的通气口（43）对准的排气阻塞构件（85） （42），其中设置有充气器，所述排气阻塞构件在启动致动机构（36）时相对于通气口可移动，从而调节通气口的有效排​​气面积。

公开(公告)号：EP1230108A1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-14

申请号：EP00977116.3

申请日：2000-11-09

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Greib, Gary R. ,  Wolanin, Michael J. ,  Thomas, Scott David ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Taylor, Stephanie L. ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Ryan, Shawn Gregory

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/28

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/0153 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/276 ,  B60R2021/161 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/23386 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag assembly for cushioning restraint of an occupant (14) in a vehicle (10) during an impact event. The air bag assembly includes an inflator (40, 40'; 140, 140') activatable to discharge inflation gas upon the occurrence of predetermined vehicle conditions and an air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') in fluid communication with the inflator (40, 40', 140, 140') such that upon discharge of inflation gas from the inflator (40, 40', 140, 140') the air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') is inflated to deployed state from a location of deployment in substantially opposing relation to the occupant (14). One or more profile restraining tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130') extend from locations on the air bag cushion to an anchor structure (48, 48', 148, 148') so as to shorten the operative length of the profile restraining tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130'). An actuation mechanism (36, 36', 136) activatable in response to a signal from a sensor (22, 24, 26, 27) measuring occupant conditions is used to release the tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130') from the anchor structure (48, 48', 148, 148') thereby extending the operative profile of the air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') upon the occurrence of predetermined occupant conditions.

公开(公告)号：EP1426245A1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-09

申请号：EP03078595.0

申请日：2003-11-17

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Dunkle, Stephanie L. ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Kneisly, Ann L. ,  Schatz, Patrick W.

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2342 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： A variable tether system (28) adapted for use in an inflatable cushion (20) of an airbag module (14) having a first pair of tether elements (34) each having a first end (38) and a second end (44), the first ends each being secured to inner portions (40) of the inflatable cushion and the second ends each being secured to inner portions (46) of the inflatable cushion, the first ends each being secured to the inflatable cushion at positions remote from the second ends and the second ends being secured to the inflatable cushion at a location closer to an inflation opening of the inflatable cushion than the first ends, wherein each of the first pair of tether elements has a portion between each of the first and second ends which is not secured to the inflatable cushion; and a second pair of tether elements each having a first side and a second side, the first side of one of said second pair of tether elements being secured to a portion of one of the first pair of tether elements and the first side of the other one of the second pair of tether elements being secured to the portion of the other one of the first pair of tether elements and the second sides are configured for being releasably secured to an actuation mechanism (48).

摘要翻译： 一种适用于气囊模块（14）的可充气垫（20）的可变系绳系统（28），其具有第一对系绳元件（34），每个系绳元件具有第一端（38）和第二端（44） 所述第一端部被固定到所述可充气衬垫的内部部分（40），并且所述第二端部固定到所述可充气衬垫的内部部分（46），所述第一端部在远离所述第二端部的位置处固定到所述可充气垫 端部，并且第二端在比第一端更靠近充气垫的充气开口的位置处固定到可充气垫，其中第一对系绳元件中的每一个具有在第一和第二端中的每一个之间的部分， 未固定在充气垫上; 以及第二对系绳单元，每一个具有第一侧和第二侧，所述第二对系绳单元中的一个系统的第一侧被固定到第一对系绳单元之一的一部分和另一侧的第一侧 第二对系绳元件中的一个被固定到第一对系绳元件中的另一个的部分，并且第二侧被配置为可释放地固定到致动机构（48）。

公开(公告)号：EP1230108B1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-20

申请号：EP00977116.3

申请日：2000-11-09

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Greib, Gary R. ,  Wolanin, Michael J. ,  Thomas, Scott David ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Taylor, Stephanie L. ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Ryan, Shawn Gregory

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/0153 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/276 ,  B60R2021/161 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/23386 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag assembly for cushioning restraint of an occupant (14) in a vehicle (10) during an impact event. The air bag assembly includes an inflator (40, 40'; 140, 140') activatable to discharge inflation gas upon the occurrence of predetermined vehicle conditions and an air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') in fluid communication with the inflator (40, 40', 140, 140') such that upon discharge of inflation gas from the inflator (40, 40', 140, 140') the air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') is inflated to deployed state from a location of deployment in substantially opposing relation to the occupant (14). One or more profile restraining tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130') extend from locations on the air bag cushion to an anchor structure (48, 48', 148, 148') so as to shorten the operative length of the profile restraining tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130'). An actuation mechanism (36, 36', 136) activatable in response to a signal from a sensor (22, 24, 26, 27) measuring occupant conditions is used to release the tether elements (30, 30', 130, 130') from the anchor structure (48, 48', 148, 148') thereby extending the operative profile of the air bag cushion (20, 20', 120, 120') upon the occurrence of predetermined occupant conditions.

公开(公告)号：EP1504970A3

公开(公告)日：2006-04-05

申请号：EP04026651.2

申请日：2000-11-09

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Greib, Gary R. ,  Wolanin, Michael J. ,  Thomas, Scott David ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Taylor, Stephanie L. ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Ryan, Shawn Gregory

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/28

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/276 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/23386 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag assembly for cushioning restraint of an occupant in a vehicle during an impact event. The air bag assembly includes an inflator (40) activatable to discharge inflation gas upon the occurrence of predetermined vehicle conditions and an air bag cushion (20) in fluid communication with the inflator (40) such that upon discharge of inflation gas from the inflator the air bag cushion (20) is inflated to a deployed state from a location of deployment in substantially opposing relation to the occupant. One or more profile restraining tether elements (30) extend from locations on the air bag cushion to an anchor structure (48) so as to shorten the operative length of the profile restraining tether elements. An actuation mechanism (36) activatable in response to a signal from a sensor measuring occupant conditions is used to release the tether elements (30) from the anchor structure (48) thereby extending the operative profile of the air bag cushion (20) upon the occurrence of predetermined occupant conditions.
The air bag assembly further comprises an actuatable variable inflation device to control the amount of inflation gas discharged into the air bag cushion, wherein the actuatable variable inflation device comprises a vent blocking member (85) alignable with a vent opening (43) within a housing (42) in which the inflator is disposed, the vent blocking member being moveable relative to the vent opening upon activation of the actuation mechanism (36) thereby adjusting the effective venting area of the vent opening.

公开(公告)号：EP1426245B1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-16

申请号：EP03078595.0

申请日：2003-11-17

申请人： Delphi Technologies, Inc.

发明人： Hawthorn, Laura Adelle ,  Winters, Mark Thomas ,  Dunkle, Stephanie L. ,  Pinsenschaum, Ryan Todd ,  Kneisly, Ann L. ,  Schatz, Patrick W.

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2171 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2342 ,  B60R2021/23382