JP7626406B2 - カーテンエアバッグアセンブリ - Google Patents
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Description
本出願は、2019年9月24日に出願された米国特許出願第16/580,549号に対する優先権を主張する。上記出願の開示全体は、参照により本明細書に組み込まれる。
Claims (6)
- 自動車14用の膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10であって、
膨張可能なエアバッグ24と、
後方の第1の端部28Bと前方の第2の端部28Aとの間に固定された長さを有するテザー28と、
ガイド部材44とを備え、
前記テザー28が、前記第1の端部28Bとガイド部材44との間に第1の調節可能な長さ部分を有し、かつ前記第2の端部28Aと前記ガイド部材44との間に第2の調整可能な長さ部分を有するように、前記ガイド部材44が前記テザー28を摺動可能に受容し、
前記テザー28の前記第1の端部28B、及び前記ガイド部材44が両方とも、前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24に取り付けられ、
スモールオーバーラップ衝突又は斜め衝突によって引き起こされる車両の回転から生じる前方外側軌道に沿って移動する乗員頭部を保護可能にすべく、前記エアバッグ24の前方部分を前記自動車14の幅方向内側に屈曲させ、かつ、前記テザー28の前方の第2端部28Aを前記自動車14の一部に固定しつつ、前記ガイド部材44を前記エアバッグ25の前記前方部分に取り付け、前記テザー28及び前記ガイド部材44が、協働して、展開時において前記第2の調整可能な長さ部分が前後に延び、前記第1の調節可能な長さ部分が前記第2の調整可能な長さ部分に対して、少なくとも30度傾斜して斜め上後方向に延びるように構成することによって、展開時の前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の展開位置を制御することを特徴とする、膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10。 - 前記テザー28の前記第1の端部28B、及び前記ガイド部材44が両方とも、前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の膨張可能でない部分に取り付けられている、ことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10。
- 前記膨張可能なエアバッグが、長さ方向の長さ、高さ方向の高さ、及び深さ方向の深さを有する膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグ24であり、
前記テザー28が、第1の端部28Bと第2の端部28Aとの間に固定された長さを有し、
前記ガイド部材44が、前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24に取り付けられている、
ことを特徴とする、請求項1又は2に記載の膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10。 - 前記ガイド部材が、ループ44を含む、ことを特徴とする、請求項1、2又は3に記載の膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10。
- 前記ガイド部材44が、前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の外側に面するパネルの外側に取り付けられている、ことを特徴とする、請求項1~4の何れか1項に記載の膨張可能なカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10。
- 請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載のカーテンエアバッグアセンブリ10によって、乗員を保護する方法であって、前記膨張可能なエアバッグは、長さ方向の長さ、高さ方向の高さ、及び深さ方向の深さを有し、前記方法は、
前記膨張可能なエアバッグを膨張させて、前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の前記深さを増大させ、かつ前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の前記高さ方向及び前記膨張可能なエアバッグ24の前記長さ方向の両方において、前記テザー28の前記第1の端部28Bと前記第2の端部28Aとの間の距離を減少させる、ことを特徴とする、方法。
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| US16/580,549 | 2019-09-24 | ||
| US16/580,549 US11318907B2 (en) | 2019-09-24 | 2019-09-24 | Curtain airbag assembly |
| PCT/US2020/039548 WO2021061244A1 (en) | 2019-09-24 | 2020-06-25 | Curtain airbag assembly |
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