公开(公告)号：US07552942B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-30

申请号：US11165069

申请日：2005-06-23

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Douglas M. Gould ,  Angelo Adler

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Douglas M. Gould ,  Angelo Adler

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/18 ,  B60R21/276

CPC分类号： B60R21/276 ,  B60R21/01516 ,  B60R21/01542 ,  B60R21/01544 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/01238 ,  B60R2021/23384 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) includes an inflatable occupant protection device (38) and a support member (56) having a vent opening (78) through which inflation fluid may flow. A vent member (106) is movable relative to the support member (56) for varying a flow of inflation fluid through the vent opening (78). The vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) also includes a tether (144) for moving the vent member (106) and an actuatable mechanism (170) that has a first condition preventing the tether (144) from moving the vent member (106) and a second condition enabling the tether (144) to move the vent member (106).

摘要翻译： 车辆乘员保护装置（10）包括充气乘员保护装置（38）和具有通气开口（78）的支撑构件（56），充气流体可以穿过该通气口。 通气构件（106）可相对于支撑构件（56）移动，以改变通过通气口（78）的充气流体的流动。 车辆乘员保护装置（10）还包括用于移动排气构件（106）的系绳（144）和具有防止系绳（144）移动排气构件（106）的第一状态的致动机构（170），以及 使得系绳（144）能够移动排气构件（106）的第二条件。

公开(公告)号：US20080203707A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-28

申请号：US11710198

申请日：2007-02-26

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Karl Englbrecht ,  Detlef Last

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Karl Englbrecht ,  Detlef Last

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/276 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： An apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) and an inflator (16) for providing inflation fluid for inflating the protection device. The inflator (16) includes an inflation fluid control structure (100). The control structure (100) includes discharge openings (116) for directing inflation fluid into an inflatable volume (72) of the protection device (14) and vent openings (118) for venting inflation fluid outside the inflatable volume. The control structure (100) also includes a vent member (132) actuatable from an open condition permitting inflation flow through the vent openings (118) to a closed condition blocking inflation fluid flow through the vent openings.

摘要翻译： 一种装置（10）包括充气车辆乘员保护装置（14）和用于提供用于使保护装置充气的充气流体的充气器（16）。 充气机（16）包括充气流体控制结构（100）。 控制结构（100）包括用于将充气流体引导到保护装置（14）的可充气体积（72）中的排放口（116）和用于将膨胀流体排出到可膨胀体积外部的排气口（118）。 控制结构（100）还包括通气构件（132），其可从允许膨胀流过通气孔（118）的打开状态致动到封闭状态，阻止膨胀流体流过通气孔。

公开(公告)号：US07334814B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-26

申请号：US10942549

申请日：2004-09-16

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Annmarie McMillan ,  Charles S. Pillsbury, IV ,  Ramakrishnan Srinivasan ,  Milind T. Gawas ,  Neal H. Delventhal

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Annmarie McMillan ,  Charles S. Pillsbury, IV ,  Ramakrishnan Srinivasan ,  Milind T. Gawas ,  Neal H. Delventhal

IPC分类号： B60R21/276

CPC分类号： B60R21/276 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14). An inflation fluid source (18) is actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating an inflatable volume (16) of the protection device (14). The apparatus (10) also includes a reaction plate (20) that includes at least one vent opening (40) and a retainer (60) that is connectable with the reaction plate (20). A vent part (80) has a first condition blocking inflation fluid flow through the at least one vent opening (40) and a second condition permitting inflation fluid flow through the at least one vent opening. The apparatus (10) further includes an actuator (120) for moving the vent part (80) from one of the first and second conditions to the other of the first and second conditions. The vent part (80) has a portion (104) that maintains the vent part in the other of the first and second conditions when moved to the other of the first and second conditions.

摘要翻译： 一种用于帮助保护车辆乘客的装置（10）包括一个可充气车辆乘员保护装置（14）。 膨胀流体源（18）可致动以提供膨胀流体，用于使保护装置（14）的可膨胀体积（16）膨胀。 装置（10）还包括反应板（20），其包括至少一个通气开口（40）和可与反应板（20）连接的保持器（60）。 排气部分（80）具有阻止通过至少一个通气口（40）的膨胀流体流动的第一状态，以及允许膨胀流体流过所述至少一个通气口的第二状态。 所述设备（10）还包括用于将所述排气部分（80）从所述第一和第二状态中的一个状态移动到所述第一和第二状态中的另一个的致动器（120）。 排气部分（80）具有一部分（104），当部分（104）移动到第一和第二条件中的另一个状态时，将排气部分保持在第一和第二条件的另一个状态。

公开(公告)号：US20080036188A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-14

申请号：US11502786

申请日：2006-08-11

申请人： Douglas M. Gould ,  Kurt F. Fischer ,  William P. Braun ,  Michael J. Loyd ,  Colleen Kalczynski

发明人： Douglas M. Gould ,  Kurt F. Fischer ,  William P. Braun ,  Michael J. Loyd ,  Colleen Kalczynski

IPC分类号： B60R21/26 ,  B60R21/239

CPC分类号： B60R21/276 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： An apparatus for controlling flow of inflation fluid through a vent opening (50) in an air bag module (10) includes a vent member (14) movable to control flow of the inflation fluid through the vent opening. The vent member (14) includes a vent member opening (84) extending through the vent member. A tether (12) for controlling movement of the vent member (14) includes a first portion (90) and second portion (92). The second portion (92) is folded to form multiple layers (112, 114). The tether (12) is positioned relative to the vent member (14) so that the multiple layers (112, 114) of the second portion (92) engage a first side (62) of the vent member. The first portion (90) of the tether (12) extends through the vent member opening (50) and away from an opposite second side (60) of the vent member (14). The engagement of the second portion (92) with the vent member (14) causes the vent member (14) to move in response to movement of the tether (12).

摘要翻译： 用于控制充气流体通过气囊模块（10）中的通气开口（50）的流动的装置包括可移动以控制膨胀流体通过通气口的流动的排气构件（14）。 通气构件（14）包括延伸穿过通气构件的通气构件开口（84）。 用于控制排气构件（14）运动的系绳（12）包括第一部分（90）和第二部分（92）。 第二部分（92）被折叠以形成多个层（112,114）。 系绳（12）相对于通气构件（14）定位，使得第二部分（92）的多个层（112,114）接合排气构件的第一侧（62）。 系绳（12）的第一部分（90）延伸穿过通气构件开口（50）并且远离通气构件（14）的相对的第二侧（60）。 第二部分（92）与通气构件（14）的接合使得排气构件（14）响应于系绳（12）的移动而移动。

公开(公告)号：US07093854B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-22

申请号：US10662243

申请日：2003-09-15

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Ken Taggart

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Ken Taggart

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2342 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/2633 ,  B60R2021/2648 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag (12) includes at least one tether (44) and an inflation fluid source (14) having two modes of operation. In the first mode of operation, the inflation fluid source (14) is activated to provide a first inflation fluid pressure in the air bag (12). In the second mode of operation, the inflation fluid source (14) is activated to provide a second inflation fluid pressure in the air bag (12) higher than the first pressure. The tether (44), which helps to control the shape of the air bag (12), tears in response to the second inflation fluid pressure in the air bag.

摘要翻译： 气囊（12）包括至少一个系绳（44）和具有两种操作模式的充气流体源（14）。 在第一操作模式中，充气流体源（14）被激活以在气囊（12）中提供第一充气流体压力。 在第二操作模式中，充气流体源（14）被激活以在气囊（12）中提供高于第一压力的第二充气流体压力。 有助于控制气囊（12）的形状的系绳（44）响应于气囊中的第二充气流体压力而流泪。

公开(公告)号：US07083191B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-01

申请号：US10244933

申请日：2002-09-16

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer

IPC分类号： B60R21/26

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2342 ,  B60R21/276 ,  B60R2021/23382 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An air bag (12) is inflatable by inflation fluid. A support member (20) has a first vent opening (44) for enabling flow of inflation fluid away from the bag (12). A vent member (46) is movable relative to the first vent opening (44) between a first condition in which the vent member does not close the opening that enables flow of inflation fluid away from the bag (12) and a second condition in which the vent member at least partially blocks the flow of inflation fluid through the opening and away from the bag. A tether (50) has a first portion (52) connected for movement with the bag (12) as the bag is deployed. The tether (50) is associated with the vent member (46) and causes it to move relative to the opening (44) from the first condition to the second condition as the bag (12) is deployed.

摘要翻译： 气囊（12）可以充气流体充气。 支撑构件（20）具有第一通气口（44），用于使充气流体能够远离袋（12）流动。 通气构件（46）可在第一状态和第二状态之间相对于第一通气口（44）移动，在第一状态下，排气构件不关闭使得充气流体能够从袋（12）流出的开口， 排气构件至少部分地阻止膨胀流体通过开口并远离袋子的流动。 系带（50）具有连接在袋子展开时与袋（12）一起移动的第一部分（52）。 系绳（50）与排气构件（46）相关联，并且当袋（12）展开时，使其从第一状态到第二状态相对于开口44移动。

公开(公告)号：US06692024B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-17

申请号：US10163319

申请日：2002-06-05

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Mary C. Petit ,  John G. Bauer

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Mary C. Petit ,  John G. Bauer

IPC分类号： B60R2116

CPC分类号： B60R21/237 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/231 ,  B60R2021/161

摘要： An air bag (10) has a deflated condition stored in a container (40) in a vehicle and has an inflated condition. The air bag (10) when in the inflated condition has lower and upper sections (64, 74). The air bag (10) has a first portion (60) forming the lower section (64) of the air bag, and a second portion (70) forming the upper section (74). The air bag (10) includes a back panel (82) disposed farthest from a vehicle occupant (22) and a front panel (80) disposed closest to the occupant. The first portion (60) of the air bag (10) is folded into a compact shape and stored in a lower portion (62) of the container (40). The second portion (70) of the air bag (10) is rolled into a compact shape and stored in an upper portion (72) of the container (40). The second portion (70) inflates upward and unrolls in a direction away from the occupant (22) so that the front panel (80) is presented toward the occupant. The first portion (60) of the air bag (10) inflates before the second portion (70).

摘要翻译： 气囊（10）具有储存在车辆内的容器（40）中并具有膨胀状态的放气状态。 处于膨胀状态时的气囊（10）具有下部和上部（64,74）。 气囊（10）具有形成气囊的下部（64）的第一部分（60）和形成上部部分（74）的第二部分（70）。 安全气囊（10）包括设置在最靠近乘客的车辆乘员（22）和最前面板（80）之间的后面板（82）。 气囊（10）的第一部分（60）被折叠成紧凑的形状并且储存在容器（40）的下部（62）中。 气囊（10）的第二部分（70）被卷成紧凑形状并储存在容器（40）的上部（72）中。 第二部分（70）向上膨胀并且在远离乘员（22）的方向上展开，使得前面板（80）朝向乘员呈现。 气囊（10）的第一部分（60）在第二部分（70）之前膨胀。

公开(公告)号：US06616184B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-09

申请号：US09842353

申请日：2001-04-25

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer

IPC分类号： B60R2132

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/01512 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/33 ,  B60R2021/01225 ,  B60R2021/01238 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) comprises an inflatable device (14) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle during a crash condition. A support structure (18) secures a portion of the inflatable device (14). A plurality of tethers (34, 36, 38, and 40) extend between the support structure (18) and the inflatable device (14). At least one sensor (62, 64, 66, or 68) senses a vehicle occupant condition and generates an occupant condition signal indicative of the sensed condition. A control module (72) receives the occupant condition signal and determines a preferred inflation volume and shape for the inflatable device (14). The control module (72) determines which of the respective tethers (34, 36, 38, and 40) to release for inflating the inflatable device (14) to the preferred inflation volume and shape and initiates the release of the respective tethers (34, 36, 38, and 40) from the support structure (18).

公开(公告)号：US06588795B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-08

申请号：US09757758

申请日：2001-01-10

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Ernst M. Faigle

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  Ernst M. Faigle

IPC分类号： B60R2126

CPC分类号： B60R21/2035 ,  B60R21/276

摘要： A vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (12) having a deflated condition and an inflated condition for helping to protect a vehicle occupant. An inflator (14) is actuatable to provide inflation fluid to inflate the protection device (12). A retainer (40) is connected with the protection device (12). One of the inflator (14) and the retainer (40) is movable between a first condition blocking venting of inflation fluid from the apparatus (10) and a second condition venting inflation fluid from the apparatus. The apparatus (10) includes an electrically energizable mechanism (80) to release the one of the inflator (14) and the retainer (40) for movement from the first condition to the second condition to vent inflation fluid from the apparatus. The apparatus (10) also includes vehicle electric circuitry (90) including a sensor (92) for sensing at least one occupant condition or vehicle condition and a controller (100) responsive to the sensor for controlling the electrically energizable mechanism (80).

公开(公告)号：US06428042B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-06

申请号：US09756406

申请日：2001-01-08

申请人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  John G. Bauer ,  Roy C. Turnbull

发明人： Kurt F. Fischer ,  John G. Bauer ,  Roy C. Turnbull

IPC分类号： B60R2128

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/23316 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (10) comprises flexible material defining an inflation fluid volume (42) for receiving inflation fluid. The material includes a first panel portion (30) on which is located a set of first points (A-D) and a second panel portion (40) on which is located a set of second points (A′-D′). A rupturable stitching section (50) holds the set of first points (A-D) closely adjacent the set of second points (A′-D′)when the device (10) is in the deflated condition and when the device is in a partially inflated condition. The rupturable stitching section (50) is rupturable in response to the application of a force greater than a predetermined force in response to inflation of the protection device (10). Rupturing of the stitching section (50) enables movement of the first panel portion (30) away from the second panel portion (40).

摘要翻译： 充气车辆乘员保护装置（10）包括限定用于接收充气流体的充气流体体积（42）的柔性材料。 所述材料包括第一面板部分（30），所述第一面板部分位于一组第一点（A-D）和第二面板部分（40）上，所述第一面板部分位于一组第二点（A'-D'）上。 当装置（10）处于收缩状态时，可破裂缝合部分（50）保持与该组第二点（A'-D'）紧密相邻的一组第一点（AD），并且当装置处于部分膨胀 条件。 可破裂缝合部分（50）响应于响应于保护装置（10）的膨胀而施加大于预定力的力而是可破裂的。 缝合部分（50）的破裂使得第一面板部分（30）能够远离第二面板部分（40）移动。