IP Library Granted Patent US 9,539,977
Granted Patent B2
US 9,539,977 · App. 14/442,155 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Airbag apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,539,977
App. No.
14/442,155
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airbag apparatus includes a cylindrical-shaped inflator that generates gas, an airbag that is inflated by the gas generated by the inflator, a retainer body to which the inflator is attached and fixed and including an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted, a flange member that is caulked or press-fitted to the inflator and that constrains the inflator from moving toward one end side in an axial direction and includes an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted and a flange surface extending outward in a radial direction, and a retaining member that constrains the inflator from moving toward another end side in the axial direction. The inflator is attached and fixed to the retainer body by bolting the retainer body and the flange member.

Claims (18)

1. An airbag apparatus comprising:

a cylindrical-shaped inflator that generates gas;

an airbag that is inflated by the gas generated by the inflator;

a retainer body to which the inflator is attached and fixed and including an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted;

a flange member that is caulked or press-fitted to the inflator and that constrains the inflator from moving toward one end side in an axial direction and includes an insertion hole into which the inflator can be inserted and a flange surface extending outward in a radial direction; and

a retaining member that constrains the inflator from moving toward another end side in the axial direction;

wherein the inflator is attached and fixed to the retainer body by bolting the retainer body and the flange member.

2. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the retaining member is a member that is integrated to the retainer body.

3. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flange member is caulked to a side surface of the inflator.

4. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flange member further includes a supporting member for supporting the inflator by contacting one end surface of the inflator in the axial direction.

5. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the inflator has a side surface including a side surface projecting part projecting outward in the radial direction,

wherein the flange member is caulked or press-fitted to a side surface of the inflator to form a step including the side surface projecting part of the inflator on the one end side in the axial direction and constrains the inflator from moving toward the one end side in the axial direction.

6. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a bag ring that supports an opening peripheral part of the airbag;

wherein the airbag is arranged so that the opening peripheral part of the airbag is sandwiched between the flange member and the bag ring when the retainer body, the flange member, and the bag ring are bolted.

7. The airbag apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the airbag is arranged so that an opening peripheral part of the airbag is sandwiched between the retainer body and the flange member when the retainer body and the flange member are bolted.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNEE CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 062299/0879 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 062218/0618 →
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 12, 2015
From: FUDAMOTO, MASANORI; SUGIMOTO, KAZUTAKA; ABE, KAZUHIRO
To: TAKATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035617/0247 →