公开(公告)号：US5851022A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-22

申请号：US623794

申请日：1996-03-29

申请人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Chisato Masuya ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Chisato Masuya ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R21/20

CPC分类号： B60R21/21656 ,  B60R2021/21543

摘要： A pad covering an air bag has a main body, a backing and a decorative member. The main body may be made from a thermoplastic elastomer and includes a tearing line which tears open when the air bag inflates, a recess formed in its outer surface spaced apart from the tearing line, and a hole formed in the recess and extending between the outer and inner surfaces of the body. The decorative member is arranged in the recess and the hole. The backing is situated on the inner surface of the main body, and has a through hole aligned with the hole of the main body. The decorative member has a decorative plate portion fitted in the recess of the main body, and a support post extending from the inner surface of the decorative plate portion and through the holes of the main body and the backing, and connected to the backing. The inner surface of the main body spaced apart from its hole and the outer surface of the backing facing the main body have mutually engaging portions which prevent the backing from being displaced along the inner surface of the main body. The main body of the pad provides a stable support for the decorative member, even though the thermoplastic elastomer is an easily expandable material.

摘要翻译： 覆盖气囊的垫具有主体，背衬和装饰构件。 主体可以由热塑性弹性体制成，并且包括当气囊膨胀时撕裂的撕裂线，在其与撕裂线间隔开的外表面中形成的凹部，以及形成在凹部中并在外部之间延伸的孔 和身体的内表面。 装饰构件设置在凹部和孔中。 背衬位于主体的内表面上，并且具有与主体的孔对准的通孔。 装饰构件具有装配在主体的凹部中的装饰板部分和从装饰板部分的内表面延伸穿过主体和背衬的孔并且连接到背衬的支撑柱。 主体的与其孔分隔的内表面和面向主体的背衬的外表面具有相互接合的部分，防止背衬沿着主体的内表面移位。 垫的主体为装饰构件提供稳定的支撑，即使热塑性弹性体是易膨胀的材料。

公开(公告)号：US5851023A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-22

申请号：US756379

申请日：1996-11-26

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Yuji Kuriyama

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Yuji Kuriyama

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/2171 ,  B60R2021/2172 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/2165

摘要： A passenger-side air bag device is provided including a door comprising a cover body and a side wall portion extending downwardly therefrom. Lock legs are disposed on the cover body and are configured to lock the door to the inner circumferential edge of an opening portion of an instrument panel. A housing constructed and arranged to be fixed to a car body includes slot portions into which the side wall portion of the door is fitted, and pawl portions for locking the circumferential edges of the lock holes of the door side wall portion to thereby prevent the door side wall portion from coming off from the slot portion. Gaps are provided in three directions between the door and the housing to compensate for any misalignment between the door and the housing.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种乘客侧安全气囊装置，其包括门，该门包括盖体和从其向下延伸的侧壁部。 锁定腿设置在盖体上并且被构造成将门锁定到仪表板的开口部分的内周边缘。 被构造和布置成固定到车体的壳体包括槽部分，门的侧壁部分装配到其中，以及用于锁定门侧壁部分的锁定孔的周缘的棘爪部分，从而防止门 侧壁部分从槽部分脱落。 在门和壳体之间的三个方向上提供间隙以补偿门和壳体之间的任何未对准。

公开(公告)号：US06554312B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US09891291

申请日：2001-06-27

申请人： Katsunobu Sakane ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： Katsunobu Sakane ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R2116

CPC分类号： B60R21/2035 ,  B60Q5/003 ,  B60R21/2037

摘要： A plurality of pins provided on a bottom surface of an air bag module in such a manner as to protrude therefrom are allowed to pass through a plurality of passage holes formed in a steering wheel, respectively, so that hook portions formed in the respective pins are brought into engagement with a locking wire constituted by a single continuous resilient wire which is provided so as to extend over the respective passage holes whereby the air bag module is mounted on the steering wheel. The locking wire is brought into engagement with a lock projection by push moving the locking wire by an operating portion so that the locking wire is held at a release position, while the engagement between the locking wire and the plurality of hook portions is released at one time.

摘要翻译： 在气囊模块的底面设置有从其突出的方式的多个销分别允许通过形成在方向盘上的多个通道孔，使得形成在各个销中的钩部分为 与由单个连续的弹性线构成的锁定线接合，该连接线设置成在相应的通孔上延伸，从而气囊模块安装在方向盘上。 锁定线通过由操作部分推动移动锁定线而与锁定突起接合，使得锁定线保持在释放位置，同时锁定线和多个钩部之间的接合被释放在一个 时间。

公开(公告)号：US6131946A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-17

申请号：US107508

申请日：1998-06-30

申请人： William N. Castleman ,  Michael J. Olesko ,  Brian C. Parker ,  Peter L. Vigeant ,  Darrell A. Kellogg, Jr. ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： William N. Castleman ,  Michael J. Olesko ,  Brian C. Parker ,  Peter L. Vigeant ,  Darrell A. Kellogg, Jr. ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R16/027 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60R21/01 ,  B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/16 ,  H01R39/00

CPC分类号： B62D1/04 ,  B60Q1/0082 ,  B60R2021/01006 ,  B60R21/203

摘要： A structure for connecting wires in a steering wheel. The steering wheel is mounted on a steering shaft to steer an automobile. The steering wheel includes a frame coupled to the steering shaft. The frame is manipulated to steer the automobile. An electric device is arranged in the steering wheel. A connector provides the electric device with electric power. The connector is manually inserted in the steering wheel during assembly. A mount holds the connector. A hole extends through the shaft frame near the mount. A guide is provided for guiding the connector toward the mount when inserting the connector through the hole. The guide is located between the shaft frame and the main frame. This results in more efficient assembly while limiting the number of parts.

摘要翻译： 用于在方向盘中连接线的结构。 方向盘安装在转向轴上以转向汽车。 方向盘包括联接到转向轴的框架。 该框架被操纵以引导汽车。 电动装置设在方向盘上。 连接器为电气设备提供电力。 组装过程中，连接器手动插入方向盘。 安装座固定连接器。 孔穿过安装座附近的轴架。 提供了一种引导件，用于在将连接器插入孔时将连接器引向安装座。 引导件位于轴框架和主框架之间。 这导致更有效的装配，同时限制了零件的数量。

公开(公告)号：US6098494A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-08

申请号：US107506

申请日：1998-06-30

申请人： Darrell A. Kellogg, Jr. ,  Norinari Nagata ,  Joseph Mannino ,  Peter L. Vigeant

发明人： Darrell A. Kellogg, Jr. ,  Norinari Nagata ,  Joseph Mannino ,  Peter L. Vigeant

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/10 ,  F16D1/06 ,  F16D1/076

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/10 ,  F16D1/06 ,  F16D1/076 ,  Y10T403/145 ,  Y10T74/20834

摘要： A device for mounting an integrally formed steering wheel on the steering shaft of a vehicle. The device includes a boss to couple the steering wheel to the steering shaft on which is rotatably mounted a fastener that is rotated by a drive gear arrangement. The drive gear is on shaft that is rotatably mounted in a housing connected to the boss so that the drive gear that meshes with a complementary drive gear on the fastener to rotate and fasten the steering wheel to the steering shaft. Retainers are used to support the gear shaft to opposing sidewalls of the housing, and include bushings located between the retainer and the gear shaft.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将整体形成的方向盘安装在车辆的转向轴上的装置。 该装置包括用于将方向盘连接到转向轴的凸台，转向轴上可旋转地安装有由驱动齿轮装置旋转的紧固件。 驱动齿轮在轴上，其可旋转地安装在连接到凸台的壳体中，使得与紧固件上的互补驱动齿轮啮合的驱动齿轮旋转并将方向盘紧固到转向轴。 保持器用于将齿轮轴支撑到壳体的相对侧壁，并且包括位于保持器和齿轮轴之间的衬套。

公开(公告)号：US6109646A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-29

申请号：US23075

申请日：1998-02-13

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Ichizou Shiga

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Akio Hosoi ,  Ichizou Shiga

IPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165

摘要： A steering wheel includes an air bag device located centrally of a steering wheel. The air bag device includes an air bag, an inflator for supplying gas to the air bag to inflate the air bag, and a bag holder for holding the air bag and the inflator. Bolts, which are attached to the inflator, are inserted in bolt holes of the air bag and bolt holes of the bag holder. This couples the air bag, the inflator and the bag holder to each other. The bolts and nuts are used for securing the integrally joined air bag, inflator and bag holder to the steering wheel. As a result, the number of bolts and nuts need to secure the air bag device to the steering wheel is reduced.

摘要翻译： 方向盘包括位于方向盘中心的气囊装置。 气囊装置包括气囊，用于向气囊供气以使气囊充气的充气机和用于保持气囊和充气机的气囊保持器。 附接到充气机的螺栓插入气囊的螺栓孔和袋支架的螺栓孔中。 这将气囊，充气器和袋支架相互连接起来。 螺栓和螺母用于将整体连接的气囊，充气机和袋支架固定到方向盘。 结果，需要将安全气囊装置固定在方向盘上的螺栓和螺母的数量减少。

公开(公告)号：US5383682A

公开(公告)日：1995-01-24

申请号：US206826

申请日：1994-03-07

申请人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Toru Koyama ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Toru Koyama ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/05 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B62D1/11 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/05 ,  B60R21/2037 ,  B62D1/11

摘要： A steering wheel having an air bag device which includes a ring portion, a boss portion, a bracket, a spoke and an air bag device. The boss portion has a boss and a boss plate extending laterally from the boss periphery. A bracket made of plastically deformable metal has a supporting portion inclined outwardly in opposite directions toward the ring portion. The air bag device is held at a predetermined distance from the boss plate by the bracket and includes a bag holder made of plastically deformable metal and having connecting portions inclined at the same angle as the supporting portions of the bracket. By providing supporting portions inclined in opposite directions, the steering wheel of the present invention can absorb impact energy not only by inflation of the air bag device but also by deformation of the supporting portions due to rotation of the air bag device during impact.

摘要翻译： 一种具有气囊装置的方向盘，包括环形部分，凸台部分，支架，辐条和气囊装置。 凸起部分具有凸台和从凸台周向横向延伸的凸台板。 由塑性变形金属构成的支架具有向相反方向朝向环部向外倾斜的支撑部。 气囊装置通过托架与凸台板保持预定的距离，并且包括由塑性变形的金属制成并具有以与支架的支撑部分相同的角度倾斜的连接部分的袋保持件。 通过提供沿相反方向倾斜的支撑部分，本发明的方向盘不仅可以通过气囊装置的充气而吸收冲击能量，而且还可以通过气囊装置在冲击期间的旋转而使支撑部分变形。

公开(公告)号：US06283501B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US09161234

申请日：1998-09-28

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Masafumi Kurokawa

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Atsushi Nagata ,  Katsunobu Sakane ,  Masafumi Kurokawa

IPC分类号： B60R2122

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B62D1/10

摘要： A steering wheel having a metal framework is disclosed. The framework includes an annular grip core, spoke cores extending inward from the grip core, a boss plate fixed on a steering shaft, and a frame located inside the grip core to connect the spoke cores. The steering wheel further includes a pad located in the grip core, an air bag device, and inserts embedded in the pad. The inserts include portions that are attached to the frame. The inserts prevent the pad from scattering when the air bag device is activated.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有金属框架的方向盘。 框架包括环形夹芯，从夹芯向内延伸的辐条芯，固定在转向轴上的凸台板，以及位于夹芯中的框架以连接辐条芯。 方向盘还包括位于夹芯中的垫，气囊装置和嵌入垫中的插入件。 插入件包括附接到框架的部分。 当气囊装置启动时，插入物防止垫散开。

公开(公告)号：US5945184A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-31

申请号：US852124

申请日：1997-05-06

申请人： Norinari Nagata ,  Yuji Kuriyama ,  Shinichi Imazu ,  Ikuo Yamada

发明人： Norinari Nagata ,  Yuji Kuriyama ,  Shinichi Imazu ,  Ikuo Yamada

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/237

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R2021/23324 ,  B60R21/237 ,  Y10T428/1334 ,  Y10T428/1345 ,  Y10T428/1362 ,  Y10T428/24793 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： An air bag has an air bag main body and a sheet. The air bag main body is formed into such a sac like shape as having a circumferential wall portion that extends in a sleeve-like form from a peripheral edge of an opening and a bottom wall portion that closes the circumferential wall portion. The sheet is arranged so as to extend from the peripheral edge of the opening to the bottom wall portion via the circumferential wall portion in such a manner that the air bag main body is split into two parts, and the sheet has a communicating hole. The sheet in sewn only to a portion of the peripheral edge of the opening in the circumferential wall portion and to a portion of the bottom wall portion.

摘要翻译： 气囊具有气囊主体和片材。 气囊主体形成为具有从开口的周缘以套筒状延伸的圆周壁部和封闭周壁部的底壁部的圆周状的壁状部。 片材被布置成从开口的周边边缘经由周壁部分延伸，使得气囊主体被分成两部分，并且片材具有连通孔。 该片材仅缝合在周壁部分中的开口的周缘部分和底壁部分的一部分上。

公开(公告)号：US5794968A

公开(公告)日：1998-08-18

申请号：US811880

申请日：1997-03-05

申请人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Norinari Nagata

发明人： Tadashi Yamamoto ,  Norinari Nagata

IPC分类号： B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/217

摘要： An air bag cover is held by the bag holder in such a manner that the respective side walls of the cover are secured to their corresponding securing piece portions of the vertical walls of the bag holder. The front and rear side walls of the cover respectively include securing grooves to which the front and rear securing piece portions of the bag holder are to be secured. The opening width dimension of the securing groove is set a little smaller than the height dimension of its corresponding securing piece portion, while the opening width dimension of the securing groove is set a little larger than the height dimension of its corresponding securing piece portion. The right and left side walls respectively include securing projecting strips to which the right and left securing piece portions of the bag holder can be secured.

摘要翻译： 气囊盖由袋保持器以使得盖的相应侧壁固定到其袋保持器的垂直壁的相应固定件部分的方式被保持。 盖的前侧壁和后侧壁分别包括固定槽，保持袋保持器的前和后固定件部分。 将固定槽的开口宽度尺寸设定为比其对应的固定件部分的高度尺寸稍小，同时将固定槽的开口宽度尺寸设定得比其对应的固定件部分的高度尺寸稍大。 右侧壁和左侧壁分别包括能够固定袋支架的左右固定部的固定突条。