公开(公告)号：US06575599B1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-10

申请号：US09385571

申请日：1999-08-30

申请人： Kenji Imamura ,  Tetsu Takemura ,  Hiroyuki Fujii

发明人： Kenji Imamura ,  Tetsu Takemura ,  Hiroyuki Fujii

IPC分类号： F21V2900

CPC分类号： F21V29/67 ,  F21V29/02 ,  F21V29/83

摘要： In a light source unit which has a discharge lamp which is located in a differential pressure passage system, an arrangement in which the discharge lamp and a concave reflector can be cooled with high efficiency is achieved by a discharge lamp being attached in the neck of a concave reflector which is located essentially horizontally, and at the same time, in the differential pressure passage system. Furthermore, at least one cooling air discharge opening is located in the neck area of the concave reflector; translucent glass covers the front opening of the concave reflector; and at least one cooling air injection opening is located in the area of the front opening of the concave reflector and has directional accuracy with reference to the inside of the concave reflector.

摘要翻译： 在具有位于差压通道系统中的放电灯的光源单元中，放电灯和凹面反射器能够高效率地冷却的结构是通过将放电灯安装在 凹面反射器基本上水平地定位，同时在差压通道系统中。 此外，至少一个冷却空气排出口位于凹面反射器的颈部区域中; 半透明玻璃覆盖凹面反射器的前开口; 并且至少一个冷却空气喷射开口位于凹面反射体的前开口的区域中，并且相对于凹面反射体的内部具有定向精度。

公开(公告)号：US08366143B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US13604061

申请日：2012-09-05

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/206

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： A knee airbag device includes a column cover that covers a rear end portion of a steering column from below; and an airbag module. The airbag module is disposed in a column lower cover and includes a gas generation portion that generates gas and a knee airbag that is housed in the airbag module in a folded state, and is inflated and deployed by the gas supplied by the gas generation portion. The airbag module is connected to the steering column by a snap-fit action.

摘要翻译： 膝盖安全气囊装置包括从下方覆盖转向柱的后端部的柱盖; 和安全气囊模块。 安全气囊模块设置在列下盖中，并且包括产生气体的气体产生部分和以折叠状态容纳在气囊模块中的膝盖气囊，并且由气体产生部分供应的气体进行充气和展开。 安全气囊模块通过卡扣动作连接到转向柱。

公开(公告)号：US20110006506A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-13

申请号：US12679189

申请日：2009-02-17

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

IPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/215

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R2021/23169 ,  B62D5/0409

摘要： A knee airbag device and a drive motor for an electric power steering device are mounted to a steering column so as to achieve improved mass balance about an instrument panel reinforcement member. A drive motor for an electric power steering device is mounted at a position at the vehicle front direction side with respect to an instrument panel reinforcement member, the opposite side to the side of a knee airbag device. Namely, the knee airbag device is mounted at the vehicle rear direction side with respect to the instrument panel reinforcement member, and the electric power steering device is mounted at the vehicle front direction side of the instrument panel reinforcement member.

摘要翻译： 膝盖安全气囊装置和用于电动助力转向装置的驱动电动机安装在转向柱上，以实现关于仪表板加强件的改进的质量平衡。 用于电动助力转向装置的驱动电动机安装在相对于仪表板加强件的车辆前方侧的与膝盖安全气囊装置侧相反的一侧的位置。 即，膝部安全气囊装置相对于仪表板加强构件安装在车辆后方侧，电动助力转向装置安装在仪表板加强构件的车辆前方侧。

公开(公告)号：US20100289253A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-18

申请号：US12812639

申请日：2009-01-22

申请人： Shigeru Washino ,  Kenji Imamura

发明人： Shigeru Washino ,  Kenji Imamura

IPC分类号： B60R21/203

CPC分类号： B60R21/201 ,  B60R21/2035 ,  B60R21/21656 ,  B60R21/237 ,  B60R21/26 ,  B60R21/261

摘要： A vehicle airbag device has: a pad cover provided at the center of a steering wheel constituted of a spoke, a rim, and a hub and secured to the hub or to the spoke; an airbag that is provided, in a folded state, at the pad cover and deploys upon collision of the vehicle by tearing the pad cover to restrain a vehicle occupant; and an inflator secured to the hub or to the spoke to supply inflation gas into the airbag upon collision of the vehicle. The pad cover has an extension portion extending from the center of the steering wheel to the rim such that the extension portion overlaps the spoke. The extension portion has a tear portion that tears upon collision of the vehicle. A portion of the airbag is disposed, in a folded state, at the extension portion.

摘要翻译： 一种车辆安全气囊装置具有：设置在由辐条，轮辋和轮毂构成的方向盘的中心并固定到轮毂或轮辐的衬垫盖; 以折叠状态设置在所述垫盖处，并且通过撕开所述垫盖来限制车辆乘员而在车辆碰撞时展开的气囊; 以及在车辆碰撞时固定到轮毂或辐条的充气器以将充气气体供应到气囊中。 垫盖具有从方向盘的中心延伸到轮辋的延伸部分，使得延伸部分与轮辐重叠。 延伸部分具有在车辆碰撞时撕裂的撕裂部分。 气囊的一部分在折叠状态下设置在延伸部分。

公开(公告)号：US07753403B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-13

申请号：US12073249

申请日：2008-03-03

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/16 ,  B60R21/20 ,  B60R21/26

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/216 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： In a steering column provided with a knee airbag device to a vehicle, an airbag module, which is integrally provided on an airbag door formed separately from a column lower cover, is fitted to a column tube after a steering column body is assembled, and before a steering lock is fitted to the column tube. Then, after the airbag module is fitted to the column tube, a steering column sub-assembly, which is formed by fitting at least the steering lock to the column tube, is fitted to an instrument panel provided in a vehicle at a predetermined position. After the steering column sub-assembly is fitted to the instrument panel, the column lower cover and a column upper cover, which cover a rear end portion of the steering column, are fitted to the steering column.

摘要翻译： 在设置有膝盖安全气囊装置的车辆的转向柱中，在组装转向柱体之后，一体地设置在与柱下盖分开形成的气囊门上的气囊模块安装在列管上，之后 一个转向锁装在柱管上。 然后，在将气囊模块安装到列管之后，通过将至少安装转向锁定到柱管而形成的转向柱子组件安装在设置在车辆上的预定位置处的仪表板上。 在将转向柱子组件安装到仪表板上之后，将下盖和柱上盖（其覆盖转向柱的后端部分）安装在转向柱上。

公开(公告)号：US07744117B2

公开(公告)日：2010-06-29

申请号：US11979519

申请日：2007-11-05

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

IPC分类号： B60R21/231

CPC分类号： B60R21/231 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/23169 ,  B60R2021/23316 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： A knee airbag device for a vehicle includes a gas generation portion that is operated to generate gas; a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state at a predetermined position in a vehicle, wherein when the knee airbag receives the gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed toward an area below a steering column so that the knee airbag is disposed between knees of an occupant and a lower portion of an instrument panel; and a thickness regulation member that is provided in the knee airbag at a position in a contact portion that contacts each of the knees of the occupant, and that regulates the thickness of the knee airbag such that the thickness of the knee airbag at the position in the contact portion is smaller than the thickness of the knee airbag in a portion other than the contact portion.

摘要翻译： 用于车辆的膝盖安全气囊装置包括：气体生成部，其被操作以产生气体; 膝盖安全气囊，其处于折叠状态，位于车辆的预定位置，其中，当所述膝部安全气囊接收到所述气体时，所述膝部安全气囊朝向转向柱下方的区域膨胀展开，使得所述膝部安全气囊位于膝盖之间 的乘员和仪表板的下部; 以及厚度调节构件，其设置在所述膝部安全气囊中的与所述乘员的膝盖接触的接触部中的位置处，并且调节所述膝部安全气囊的厚度，使得所述膝部安全气囊的位置处的厚度 所述接触部比所述接触部以外的部分的膝部气囊的厚度小。

公开(公告)号：US07722076B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-25

申请号：US11979819

申请日：2007-11-08

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada ,  Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/231

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/26 ,  B60R21/261 ,  B60R2021/23169 ,  B60R2021/2612

摘要： A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover inside which a projection body that projects downward toward one side in a vehicle-width direction is disposed in a rear area, and a cylindrical inflator that supplies the gas to the knee airbag to deploy the knee airbag. The inflator is disposed inside the steering column cover such that at least a portion of the inflator is positioned in the rear area inside the steering column cover. The inflator is disposed in substantially parallel with an axis of a column tube such that the inflator is positioned below the column tube. The end portion of the inflator, in which a gas injection port is formed, faces toward a rear of the vehicle.

摘要翻译： 膝盖安全气囊装置包括：处于折叠状态的转向柱盖内的膝部安全气囊，在后方区域内设置有向车宽方向一侧向下方突出的突起体的圆筒状充气机， 气体到膝盖气囊部署膝盖气囊。 充气机设置在转向柱盖内，使得充气机的至少一部分位于转向柱盖内的后部区域中。 充气机设置成与柱管的轴线基本平行，使得充气机位于柱管的下方。 其中形成有气体注入口的充气机的端部面向车辆的后部。

公开(公告)号：US20100052295A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-04

申请号：US12447601

申请日：2007-10-04

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B62D1/16 ,  B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： Rapidly constraining the knees of a driver, even for a steering column structure with plural obstructions projecting below the rear end side of the steering column, while also suppressing or preventing any detriment to column collapse operation during a frontal collision; the steering column is fixed to the vehicle body side with a lower bracket, an upper bracket and a housing, and a combination switch is disposed at the rear end side of an inner tube; lower portions are disposed in a state so as to protrude below a column tube and face each other, so that an airbag module is installed in an installation space between the two portions; a module case is manufactured from a fabric, and the airbag module is attached at a position in the vicinity of the combination switch through a rear attachment bracket.

摘要翻译： 即使对于在转向柱的后端侧突出的多个障碍物的转向柱结构，也可以快速约束驾驶员的膝盖，同时还抑制或防止在正面碰撞期间对柱塌陷操作的任何损害; 转向柱用下支架，上支架和壳体固定在车体侧，组合开关设置在内管的后端侧; 下部设置成在柱管下方突出并且彼此面对的状态，使得气囊模块安装在两部分之间的安装空间中; 模块壳体由织物制造，并且安全气囊模块通过后部附接支架附接在组合开关附近的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20080106079A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11979329

申请日：2007-11-01

申请人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

发明人： Osamu Fukawatase ,  Tomoyuki Moro ,  Kenji Imamura ,  Akiyoshi Sanada

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/0051 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover. When the knee airbag receives gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed from an inside of the steering column cover toward a knee portion of an occupant. The knee airbag includes an interference suppression member that suppresses interference between the knee airbag and a projection body inside the steering column cover, which projects downward toward at least one side in a vehicle-width direction, when the knee airbag is inflated and deployed.

摘要翻译： 膝盖安全气囊装置包括在转向柱盖内部处于折叠状态的膝部安全气囊。 当膝部安全气囊接收到气体时，膝盖安全气囊从转向柱盖的内部朝向乘员的膝盖部分膨胀展开。 所述膝部安全气囊包括干涉抑制部件，所述干扰抑制部件在所述膝部安全气囊膨胀展开时，抑制所述膝部安全气囊与所述转向柱盖内的突出体之间的干涉，所述突起体向车宽方向的至少一侧向下方突出。

公开(公告)号：US07222878B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-29

申请号：US10488274

申请日：2003-02-19

申请人： Kenji Imamura ,  Junichi Nakano ,  Shigeru Hoshino

发明人： Kenji Imamura ,  Junichi Nakano ,  Shigeru Hoshino

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B62D1/195 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R2021/2765

摘要： An occupant protection apparatus includes an air bag device 20 for deploying an air bag between a steering wheel 11 and an occupant H and an impact-energy-absorption-type steering column 12 equipped with an energy-absorbing mechanism 30, and absorbs impact energy of the occupant H during a vehicle collision event. Both the air bag device 20 and the energy-absorbing mechanism 30 are of a variable energy absorption load type. When their energy absorption loads are varied, the energy absorption loads change in the same direction.

摘要翻译： 乘员保护装置包括用于在方向盘11和乘员H之间展开气囊的气囊装置20和配备有能量吸收机构30的冲击能量吸收型转向柱12，并且吸收冲击能量 乘客H在车辆碰撞事件期间。 气囊装置20和能量吸收机构30都具有可变能量吸收载荷型。 当它们的能量吸收负载变化时，能量吸收载荷在相同的方向上变化。