IP Library Granted Patent US 9,580,040
Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,040 · App. 14/845,906 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Lower limb protecting air bag

Inventors: Takanori Komatsu (Kiyosu, JP); Takeshi Ando (Kiyosu, JP); Hiroki Imaeda (Kiyosu, JP); Tetsuya Ogata (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60R21/233B60R21/206B60R2021/23169B60R2021/23316B60R2021/23386
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,580,040
App. No.
14/845,906
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lower limb protecting air bag includes: a main body inflation part; an end side inflation part; a bending part configured to bend the end side inflation part to project backward from the main body inflation part in inflation completion; and a connecting element configured to connect together the end side inflation part and the main body inflation part so that the bent state of the end side inflation part in inflation completion is maintained, wherein: the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part are configured to inflate substantially in a plate shape to separate a front side wall disposed on the back side and a back side wall disposed on the front side when the air bag is developed flat; and the bending part includes a seam part formed by superimposing and connecting together the front side wall and the back side wall.

Claims (10)

1. A lower limb protecting air bag, folded and stored in front of an occupant seated in a seat, with supply of inflating gas therein, inflatable to cover the front of the lower limbs of the occupant, comprising:

a main body inflation part configured to cover the front of the lower limbs of the occupant in inflation completion;

an end side inflation part disposed on at least one of the horizontal-direction ends of the main body inflation part;

a bending part, interposed between the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part, configured to bend the end side inflation part to project backward from the main body inflation part in inflation completion; and

a connecting part and a seam part configured to connect together the end side inflation part and the main body inflation part with the bending part between them so that the bent state of the end side inflation part in inflation completion is maintained, wherein:

the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part are configured to inflate substantially in a plate shape to separate a front side wall disposed on an occupant side of the air bag and a back side wall disposed on a front side of the vehicle when the air bag is developed flat;

the bending part includes the seam part formed by superimposing and connecting together the front side wall and the back side wall; and

the connecting part and the seam part are provided at a tuck part interposed between the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part.

2. The lower limb protecting air bag according to claim 1 , wherein

the end side inflation part is arranged on both the left and right sides of the main body inflation part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2015
From: KOMATSU, TAKANORI; ANDO, TAKESHI; IMAEDA, HIROKI; OGATA, TETSUYA
To: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036496/0412 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-182699 · Sep 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160068131A1 · Mar 10, 2016