IP Library Granted Patent US 11,285,854
Granted Patent B2
US 11,285,854 · App. 17/021,016 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Air bag and seat apparatus for vehicle

Inventors: Yasuhito Kurematsu (Kariya, JP); Ryosuke Mizuno (Kariya, JP); Satoshi Masuda (Kariya, JP); Takahiro Jomen (Kariya, JP); Makoto Sueyoshi (Kariya, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
B60N2/914A47C7/142A47C7/467B60N2/976
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Patent No.
US 11,285,854
App. No.
17/021,016
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airbag includes a bag portion including two sheet members which are attached to each other. The bag portion provided with the sheet members which are attached to each other includes a peripheral rim portion having a plurality of bent side portions, the bent side portions which each is bent by filling with air inside the bag portion, the bent side portions, the bent side portions which each is formed with a groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion which is configured to inflate by filling with air.

Claims (19)

1. An airbag, comprising:

a bag portion including two sheet members which are attached to each other,

wherein the bag portion provided with the sheet members which are attached to each other includes a peripheral rim portion having a plurality of bent side portions, the bend side portions which each is bent by filling with air inside the bag portion, each of the bent side portions includes a groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion, the groove-shaped constriction extends along the bag portion in a direction of the respective side portion and which is configured to inflate by filling with air.

2. The airbag according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral rim portion of the bag portion includes a polygonal shape when seen in a thickness direction of the sheet member.

3. The airbag according to claim 2 , further comprising

the bag portion includes a plurality of bag portions; and

a connection portion communicating the bag portions, wherein

the connection portion communicates the bag portions at a peak point of the polygonal shape.

4. The airbag according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bent side portions are not arranged in parallel to each other.

5. The airbag according to claim 2 , wherein the polygonal shape includes five to nine angles.

6. The airbag according to claim 2 , wherein the polygonal shape includes an equilateral polygonal shape.

7. The airbag according to claim 2 , wherein a number of angles of the polygonal shape is an odd number.

8. The airbag according to claim 1 , wherein the groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion extends in a direction orthogonal to the respective side portion and is configured to inflate by filling with air.

9. A seat apparatus for a vehicle, the seat apparatus comprising:

an airbag including a bag portion having two sheet members which are attached to each other,

wherein the bag portion provided with the sheet members which are attached to each other includes a peripheral rim portion having a plurality of bent side portions, the bent side portions which each is bent by filling with air inside the bag portion, each of the bent side portions includes a groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion, the groove-shaped constriction extends along the bag portion in a direction of the respective side portion and which is configured to inflate by filling with air, and

wherein the airbag is arranged inside a seat surface.

10. The seat apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 9 , further includes a refreshment function pressing the seat surface from inside thereof by inflating and deflating the bag portion.

11. The seat apparatus for the vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the groove-shaped constriction at a surface of the bag portion extends in a direction orthogonal to the respective side portion and is configured to inflate by filling with air.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: KUREMATSU, YASUHITO; MIZUNO, RYOSUKE; MASUDA, SATOSHI; JOMEN, TAKAHIRO; SUEYOSHI, MAKOTO
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055877/0730 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-168639 · Sep 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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