IP Library Granted Patent US 10,369,955
Granted Patent B2
US 10,369,955 · App. 15/542,400 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Airbag device

Inventors: Masayoshi Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiro Abe (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Hasebe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
B60R21/217B60R21/203B60R21/205B60R21/274
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Patent No.
US 10,369,955
App. No.
15/542,400
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an airbag device in which an inflator can be fixedly mounted easily. The airbag device includes an inflator which generates a gas; an airbag which is inflated by the gas generated by the inflator; a retainer which is provided with an insertion port into which the inflator is inserted; a bag ring which mounts the airbag in the retainer; and a spring which fixes the inflator inserted into the insertion port.

Claims (41)

1. An airbag device comprising:

an inflator that generates a gas;

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

a retainer that is provided with an insertion port into which the inflator is inserted;

a bag ring that mounts the airbag in the retainer;

a bolt that stands from the bag ring, the bolt penetrates the retainer and a flange of the inflator, and a nut is threadedly attached on the bolt, and a diameter of a bolt through hole provided in the flange is larger than a diameter of the nut;

a spring is provided in the inflator and fixes the inflator inserted into the insertion port; and,

a protrusion which stands on the bag ring and of which a tip has an L shape or a wedge shape penetrates the retainer and is engaged with the spring, so that the inflator is fixed.

2. The airbag device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bolt is positioned on an outer circumferential side from the protrusion.

3. The airbag device according to claim 1 wherein

the airbag is a passenger seat airbag provided in a passenger seat.

4. The airbag device according to claim 3 , wherein

the inflator is detachable from a glove box side.

5. An airbag device comprising:

an inflator that generates a gas;

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

a retainer that is provided with an insertion port into which the inflator is inserted;

a bag ring that mounts the airbag in the retainer; and

a spring that fixes the inflator inserted into the insertion port, the spring is provided on the bag ring, and

a protrusion which stands on a flange of the inflator and of which a tip has an L shape or a wedge shape penetrates the retainer, and is engaged with the spring, so that the inflator is fixed.

6. The airbag device according to claim 5 , wherein

the protrusion penetrates the flange, and

the protrusion has a thick portion which pinches the flange.

7. The airbag device according to claim 6 , wherein

an engagement between the protrusion and the spring is released when the protrusion is rotated in a circumferential direction.

8. An airbag device comprising:

an inflator that generates a gas;

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

a retainer that is provided with an insertion port into which the inflator is inserted;

a bag ring that mounts the airbag in the retainer;

a spring that fixes the inflator inserted into the insertion port;

wherein the inflator is a flangeless inflator, and a concave portion is provided in a side surface;

wherein the inflator is fixed when the spring provided on a bottom surface of the retainer enters into the concave portion;

wherein the spring has a U shape or a U shape with rounded corners;

wherein a portion of the retainer on an opening end side of the spring having the U shape or the U shape with rounded corners is a detachable portion which is detachable; and,

wherein the bag ring has a C shape of which a portion corresponding to the detachable portion is open.

9. The airbag device according to claim 8 , wherein

the concave portion is a groove shape which circulates the inflator.

10. The airbag device according to claim 8 , wherein

a conduction pin is provided in a rear surface of the inflator in an axial direction, and a transformation connector in which an extending direction of a pin is bent by 90° is mounted in the inflator.

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 Mar 23, 2018
From: KUMAGAI, MASAYOSHI; ABE, KAZUHIRO; HASEBE, MASAHIRO
To: TAKATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045334/0882 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-002371 · Jan 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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