公开(公告)号：US07552941B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-30

申请号：US12000212

申请日：2007-12-11

申请人： Koji Yamauchi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Koji Yamauchi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/26

CPC分类号： B60R21/276

摘要： The airbag apparatus includes a case for housing and holding an airbag and an inflator. The case includes a vent opening for releasing inflation gas filled inside the airbag and a lid operated by an actuator for closing and opening the vent opening. The lid is pivotally supported at a periphery of the vent opening for rotation about its rotary shaft disposed across the vent opening, and includes an outward-opening area adapted to rotate outward of the case and an inward-opening area adapted to rotate inward of the case, with a border of the outward-opening area and inward-opening area disposed on the rotary shaft. A sliding element is connected to the actuator for holding the lid to keep the vent opening closed when the actuator is inactive and for sliding movement to release the lid and open the vent opening upon operation of the actuator.

摘要翻译： 气囊装置包括用于容纳和保持气囊和充气器的壳体。 壳体包括用于释放填充在气囊内的充气气体的通气口，以及用于关闭和打开通气口的致动器操作的盖。 所述盖枢转地支撑在所述通气口的周边，用于围绕其围绕所述通气口设置的旋转轴旋转，并且包括适于从壳体向外旋转的向外开口区域和适于向内旋转的向内开口区域 壳体，其具有设置在旋转轴上的向外开口区域和向内开口区域的边界。 滑动元件连接到致动器，用于保持盖子，以在致动器不活动时保持通气口关闭，并且用于滑动运动以释放盖子并且在致动器操作时打开通气口。

公开(公告)号：US20080143087A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-19

申请号：US12000212

申请日：2007-12-11

申请人： Koji Yamauchi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Koji Yamauchi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/276

CPC分类号： B60R21/276

摘要： The airbag apparatus includes a case for housing and holding an airbag and an inflator. The case includes a vent opening for releasing inflation gas filled inside the airbag and a lid operated by an actuator for closing and opening the vent opening. The lid is pivotally supported at a periphery of the vent opening for rotation about its rotary shaft disposed across the vent opening, and includes an outward-opening area adapted to rotate outward of the case and an inward-opening area adapted to rotate inward of the case, with a border of the outward-opening area and inward-opening area disposed on the rotary shaft. A sliding element is connected to the actuator for holding the lid to keep the vent opening closed when the actuator is inactive and for sliding movement to release the lid and open the vent opening upon operation of the actuator.

摘要翻译： 气囊装置包括用于容纳和保持气囊和充气器的壳体。 壳体包括用于释放填充在气囊内的充气气体的通气口，以及用于关闭和打开通气口的致动器操作的盖。 所述盖枢转地支撑在所述通气口的周边，用于围绕其围绕所述通气口设置的旋转轴旋转，并且包括适于从壳体向外旋转的向外开口区域和适于向内旋转的向内开口区域 壳体，其具有设置在旋转轴上的向外开口区域和向内开口区域的边界。 滑动元件连接到致动器，用于保持盖子，以在致动器不活动时保持通气口关闭，并且用于滑动运动以释放盖子并且在致动器操作时打开通气口。

公开(公告)号：US08181988B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12458050

申请日：2009-06-30

申请人： Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2346

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/239 ,  B60R2021/0004 ,  B60R2021/23324 ,  B60R2021/23384

摘要： An airbag of an airbag apparatus includes a bag body, a supplementary bag, a communication hole that communicates the bag body and the supplementary bag, an open/close element that opens and closes the communication hole and a connecting element extending from the open/close element. The connecting element is connected at the leading end to an anchor mechanism that regulates the operation of the open/close element under control of a control device. The open/close element keeps closing the communication hole while the anchor mechanism holds the connecting element whereas opens the communication hole when the anchor mechanism releases the connecting element such that inflation gas is fed into the supplementary bag.

摘要翻译： 气囊装置的气囊包括袋体，辅助袋，连通袋体和辅助袋的连通孔，打开和关闭连通孔的打开/关闭元件以及从打开/关闭状态延伸的连接元件 元件。 连接元件在前端连接到锚定机构，其在控制装置的控制下调节打开/关闭元件的操作。 当锚定机构保持连接元件时，打开/关闭元件保持关闭连通孔，而当锚定机构释放连接元件时打开连通孔，使得充气气体被供给到辅助袋中。

公开(公告)号：US20110049847A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12310194

申请日：2007-09-27

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

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

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R2021/21506 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： The knee-protecting airbag apparatus includes an airbag folded and housed in a lower area inside the column cover. The airbag pushes and opens a door section on the column cover upon deployment. When the door section is thus opened, a door of the door section blocks off an allowance gap formed between an outer circumference of the column cover subjected to position adjustment and a lower area of a peripheral region of an installation opening on a dashboard for installing the column cover by locating a rear edge region of the door to abut on a rear side of the dashboard or the lower area of the peripheral region of the installation opening on the rear side of the dashboard.

摘要翻译： 膝盖保护气囊装置包括折叠并容纳在柱盖内的下部区域中的气囊。 部署时，安全气囊推动并打开柱盖上的门部。 当门部分如此打开时，门部门的门阻止在经过位置调整的列盖的外周和仪表板上的安装开口的周边区域的下部区域之间形成的允许间隙，用于安装 通过定位门的后边缘区域以抵靠在仪表板的后侧或仪表板后侧上的安装开口的周边区域的下部区域。

公开(公告)号：US07862079B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-04

申请号：US12071701

申请日：2008-02-25

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： B60R21/203 ,  B62D1/11

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/2165 ,  B60R2021/23107 ,  B60R2021/23169 ,  B62D1/197

摘要： A steering column device with a knee airbag device includes a steering column provided with a telescopic mechanism; a column cover that covers the rear end portion of the steering column; an airbag module, provided inside the column cover, which includes a gas generation device that generates gas, and a knee airbag that is inflated and deployed by the gas; an airbag door that is provided in the column cover, and that is opened when the airbag door receives the inflation pressure of the knee airbag; a collision prediction device that predicts that a vehicle will have a collision with a collision object; and a control device that operates the telescopic mechanism so that each of the column cover and the airbag module is moved rearward to a predetermined position, when the collision prediction device predicts that the vehicle will have a collision with the collision object.

摘要翻译： 具有膝部安全气囊装置的转向柱装置包括设置有伸缩机构的转向柱; 覆盖转向柱的后端部的柱盖; 设置在所述柱盖内的气囊模块，其包括产生气体的气体发生装置，以及由所述气体充气展开的膝部气囊; 安全气囊门，其设置在所述柱盖中，并且当所述气囊门接收到所述膝盖气囊的充气压力时打开; 预测车辆将与碰撞对象碰撞的碰撞预测装置; 以及控制装置，当所述碰撞预测装置预测所述车辆与所述碰撞对象发生碰撞时，操作所述伸缩机构，使得所述列罩和所述安全气囊模块中的每一个向后移动到预定位置。

公开(公告)号：US07708311B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-04

申请号：US12285911

申请日：2008-10-16

申请人： Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/205 ,  B60R21/217 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R21/2346 ,  B60R21/237 ,  B60R2021/01238 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： The airbag of the present invention, when completely inflated, is formed into a generally square conical shape whose top is in a front end of the airbag. A protection portion to be located in rear side of the airbag upon airbag inflation includes shoulder restraining portions disposed generally side by side in left-right orientation in an area from upper part to rear part of the completely inflated airbag. Each of the shoulder restraining portions continuously projects in upper part to rear part of the airbag.

摘要翻译： 当完全膨胀时，本发明的气囊形成为顶部位于气囊的前端的大致正方形的圆锥形状。 在安全气囊充气时位于气囊的后侧的保护部分包括在完全充气的气囊的上部至后部的区域中左右方向大致并排地设置的肩部限制部。 肩部限制部中的每一个在气囊的上部至后部连续突出。

公开(公告)号：US20090079170A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US12232759

申请日：2008-09-23

申请人： Kazuaki Bito ,  Yasuhiro Sakakibara ,  Chiharu Totani ,  Takahiko Sato

发明人： Kazuaki Bito ,  Yasuhiro Sakakibara ,  Chiharu Totani ,  Takahiko Sato

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/206 ,  B60R7/06 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： An airbag apparatus for protecting knees is provided. A breakable portion is provided in a wall of a glove compartment door for opening and closing an opening of a glove compartment. The wall faces a vehicle passenger compartment. An airbag case for housing an airbag, which is inflated by inflation fluid, is installed inside the wall. A front part of the airbag case is caused to function as a pressure receiving portion for receiving a pressure of the inflation fluid through the inflating airbag, thereby generating a reaction force advancing toward the rear side of the vehicle, so that the breakable portion is broken by the airbag inflating toward the rear side of the vehicle. The airbag is caused to protrude from the glove compartment door to the rear side of the vehicle through the breakable portion. A reinforcement member for reinforcing the glove compartment door is provided inside the wall and is fixed to a part other than the breakable portion of the glove compartment door, and the airbag case is attached to the reinforcement member.

摘要翻译： 提供一种用于保护膝盖的气囊装置。 在手套箱门的壁上设置有可拆卸部分，用于打开和关闭手套箱的开口。 墙壁面向车辆乘客舱。 用于容纳由膨胀流体充气的气囊的气囊壳体安装在壁内。 使得安全气囊的前部作为用于通过充气气囊接收充气流体的压力的压力接收部分，从而产生朝向车辆后侧前进的反作用力，使得可破裂部分断裂 通过气囊向车辆的后侧充气。 使安全气囊通过可破坏部从手套箱门突出到车辆的后侧。 用于加强手套室门的加强构件设置在壁内部并固定到手套箱门的可破坏部分以外的部分，并且气囊壳体附接到加强构件。

公开(公告)号：US07475906B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-13

申请号：US12149195

申请日：2008-04-29

申请人： Yoshiaki Goto ,  Kazuaki Bito ,  Naohiko Ishiguro

发明人： Yoshiaki Goto ,  Kazuaki Bito ,  Naohiko Ishiguro

IPC分类号： B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/239 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/23388

摘要： The airbag apparatus includes an airbag provided with a flap element for opening and closing an exhaust hole. The flap element includes a flap and an adjusting belt. The leading end region of the adjusting belt is sewn to the flap by a generally straight sewn seam and acts as a joint portion to the flap. The root region of the adjusting belt is joined to an open/close mechanism. A first terminal of the sewn seam disposed proximate a root region of the joint portion is located farther away from the open/close mechanism relative to a second terminal disposed proximate a leading end of the joint portion. The sewn seam is configured rupturable from the first terminal when the airbag inflates with the adjusting belt engaged with the open/close mechanism to separate the joint portion of the adjusting belt from the flap body so the flap uncovers the exhaust hole.

摘要翻译： 安全气囊装置包括设置有用于打开和关闭排气孔的挡板元件的气囊。 翼片元件包括翼片和调节带。 调节带的前端区域通过大致直线缝合缝合到翼片上，并且用作与翼片的接合部分。 调节带的根部区域与打开/关闭机构连接​​。 靠近接头部分的根部区域设置的缝合缝的第一端子相对于靠近接头部分的前端设置的第二端子位于远离开闭机构的位置。 当安全气囊与打开/关闭机构接合的调节带膨胀时，缝合缝从第一端子构造成可破裂，以将调节带的接合部分与翼片主体分开，使得翼片露出排气孔。

公开(公告)号：US20080174091A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-24

申请号：US12003914

申请日：2008-01-03

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

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

IPC分类号： B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/231

CPC分类号： B60R21/2032 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/215 ,  B60R21/216 ,  B60R2021/2161 ,  B60R2021/23169

摘要： When a knee airbag is deployed, a lid, which is provided in a column cover that covers a steering column, is opened by the deployment pressure of the knee airbag. Thus, an opening, through which the knee airbag expands, is formed to extend in the lower wall portion and the right and left side wall portions of the column cover. At this time, an opening amount regulation portion regulates the opening amount of the lid so that the knee airbag is deployed toward areas on right and left sides of the column cover.

摘要翻译： 当膝部安全气囊部署时，设置在覆盖转向柱的柱盖中的盖通过膝部安全气囊的展开压力打开。 因此，膝盖气囊膨胀的开口形成为在柱盖的下壁部和左右侧壁部延伸。 此时，打开量调节部调节盖的开口量，使得膝盖安全气囊朝向列盖的左右两侧的区域展开。

公开(公告)号：US20080116669A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-22

申请号：US11979752

申请日：2007-11-08

申请人： Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

发明人： Yuichi Adachi ,  Kazuaki Bito

IPC分类号： B60R21/203

CPC分类号： B60R21/231 ,  B60R21/203 ,  B60R21/206 ,  B60R21/2338 ,  B60R2021/0051 ,  B60R2021/23169 ,  B60R2021/23382

摘要： A knee-protecting airbag device is configured so that a folded airbag is accommodated and held in an accommodation part at the side of a lower portion in a column cover. An outer peripheral wall at completion of inflation of the airbag includes a driver-side wall portion and a column-sidewall portion. At the completion of inflation of the airbag, the column-side wall portion covers a bottom surface of a periphery of the accommodation part of the column cover, and areas of a panel surface, which are located at both left and right sides of the column cover from below the column cover. A front-side portion and a rear-side portion of the column-side wall portion are set so that at the completion of inflation of the single airbag, the intersection angle between a front surface of the front-side part and a front surface of the rear-side part is substantially equal to the intersection angle between the panel surface and a bottom surface of the column cover protruded from the panel surface.

摘要翻译： 膝盖保护用安全气囊装置被构造成使得折叠的气囊容纳并保持在柱盖的下部侧的容纳部中。 完成气囊充气时的外周壁包括驱动器侧壁部分和柱侧壁部分。 在安全气囊充气完成时，柱侧壁部分覆盖柱盖的容纳部分的周边的底表面，并且位于柱的左右两侧的面板表面的区域 从柱盖下方盖。 将该列侧壁部的前侧部和后侧部设定成使得在单个气囊的充气结束时，前侧部的前表面与前侧部的前表面之间的交叉角度 后侧部分基本上等于面板表面和从面板表面突出的柱盖的底表面之间的交叉角度。