IP Library Granted Patent US 8,727,378
Granted Patent B2
US 8,727,378 · App. 13/883,220 · Granted May 20, 2014

Air bag and air bag device

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Patent No.
US 8,727,378
App. No.
13/883,220
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an air bag main body which inflates step by step in a first stage and a second stage by bonding its peripheral edge portion and bonding its inner side than the peripheral edge portion, a connecting member bridging between a lid member opening and closing a vent hole and a coupling member can be always set to a tension state by arranging an adjusting portion in the coupling member which defining a maximum facing distance between a front panel and a rear panel in the tension state in each of the first stage and the second stage, and whereby a closed state of the vent hole can be maintained.

Claims (17)

1. An air bag comprising:

an air bag main body formed as a bag body so as to have a surface facing to an occupant and a surface opposite to the occupant in an inflated state;

a coupling member configured to couple said surface facing to the occupant and said surface opposite to the occupant inside said air bag main body;

a vent hole formed in said surface opposite to the occupant;

a lid member including one end fixed to said surface opposite to the occupant and another end supported by said surface opposite to the occupant so as to normally close said vent hole; and

a connecting member including one end fixed to said coupling member and another end fixed to the another end of said lid member, wherein

said coupling member includes:

a bent part bent at least one position of a middle portion of the coupling member; and

a connect portion configured to maintain a bent state of said bent part,

said connect portion is provided at a plurality of positions of said bent part for expanding said coupling member step by step, and

a density of arrangement of the connect portion at the plurality of positions is sparser toward a rear stage so that a connection releasing time from a front stage to the rear stage becomes quickened gradually.

2. The air bag according to claim 1 , wherein

the coupling member includes a plurality of straps provided between said surface facing to the occupant and said surface opposite to the occupant, and

each of the straps includes said bent part and said connect portion.

3. An air bag device comprising:

the air bag according to claim 1 ; and

an inflator configured to supply pressure gas inside said air bag main body.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 057775/0655 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 057828/0338 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K. K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046286/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: TAKATA CORPORATION
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 045938/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2013
From: HIRUTA, TERUHIKO; MARUOKA, MITSUO; OGAWA, MAKOTO; KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHIRO
To: TAKATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030344/0063 →