Specific embodiment
Hereinafter, being illustrated referring to attached drawing to embodiment.In the following description, front and back and left and right indicate to be equipped with row
The front and back and left and right of the automobile of people's airbag apparatus.
Fig. 1 is the top view for being equipped with the front of the automobile of pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 of first embodiment, indicates gas
State after airbag deployment.Fig. 2 is the perspective view when air bag expansion of the pedestrian airbag apparatus is completed, and Fig. 3~12 are the air bags
Method for folding explanatory diagram, Figure 13~18 are the explanatory diagrams of the inflation status of the air bag.
Automobile 1 has engine hood panel 2, front wall 3, windshield 4, A column 5, rain brush 6, pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 etc..
In this embodiment, pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 is arranged in front wall 3, but not limited to this, it also may be mounted at hood
The rear portion of plate 2.
The pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 has air bag 11, the box-like retainer 12 for accommodating folded air bag 11, is used for
Inflator 13 and lid 14 for expanding air bag 11 etc..
Air bag 11 includes the principal part expanded in a manner of covering from the rear portion of engine hood panel 2 to the front of windshield 4
11a;The column covering expanded in a manner of extending from the left and right ends side of principal part 11a to rear and covering at least front of A column
Portion 11b, 11b;And the lower section extension 11c being connected with the lower surface of principal part 11a.Principal part 11a, column covering part 11b, 11b and
Lower section extension 11c connection.
In the state that air bag 11 expands, principal part 11a continuously extends from the left end of automobile 1 to right end.
Lower section extension 11c is extended in retainer 12 under the swelling state of air bag 11 from the lower surface of principal part 11a.
In this embodiment, inflator 13 is configured in the extension 11c of lower section.
Inflator 13 be it is rod-shaped, at one end side be equipped with gas ejection ports.The length direction of inflator 13 is set as a vehicle body left side
Right direction.The bottom surface of column bolt (illustration omitted) the perforation lower section extension 11c and retainer 12 that are provided projectingly from inflator 13,
It is tightened by nut, inflator 13 is fixed on retainer 12.
Air bag 11 is constituted by sewing base fabric.In this embodiment, the base fabric (piece) of the upper surface of principal part 11a is constituted
The piece 16 of the lower surface of 15 and composition principal part 11a passes through tether piece 17 and links.
Tether piece 17 extends to the left and right directions of body of a motor car, upper limb and lower edge respectively by suture 18,19 with it is upper
Lateral plate 15 and hypopleurite 16 suture.
The position (suture location of tether piece 17 and hypopleurite 16) of the lower end edge of tether piece 17 has been expanded in air bag 11
The position opposite with the rain brush 6 of stopping posture in the state of finishing.
The end of the left and right directions of tether piece 17 be preferably 300mm at a distance from the side portion of the left and right of principal part 11a hereinafter,
Particularly preferably 250mm or less.The width of the up and down direction of the connection sheet 15,16 of tether piece 17 is 80~220mm, particularly preferably
For 100~200mm or so.Tether piece 17 must be not necessarily it is integrated, two panels or more can also be divided into.
There are hold between gas passes through between the both ends of the left and right directions of tether piece 17 and the left and right sides end of principal part 11a
Every.In this embodiment, it is equipped with the opening 17a that gas passes through on tether piece 17, also can be omitted opening 17a.
In this embodiment, side tether piece 20 is equipped near the part that principal part 11a is connected with column covering part 11b.
The upper limb and lower edge of side tether piece 20 are sewed up also by suture with upper and lower piece 15,16.Side tether piece 20 is to get over court
Then more it is arranged to the center side of the left and right width direction of automobile as the mode of vehicle front.It can also be on side tether piece 20
Pass through equipped with gas with opening.
The air bag 11 is housed in retainer 12 with being folded, and the upper surface of the retainer 12 is closed by lid 14.It connects
Get off, is illustrated referring to the method for folding of Fig. 3~12 pair air bag 11.
Firstly, as shown in figure 3, air bag 11 is open and flat on flat operation post.Lower section extension 11c is configured in principal part
The lower face side of 11a.As shown in figure 4, counterclockwise by the column covering part 11b of left and right from the state from automobile left side
Convolution respectively.Also, continue the convolution, the rear side of principal part 11a is also involved in and convolution, forms as shown in Figure 5 first
Winder R1。
Next, as shown in fig. 6, turning back in principal part 11a in the front-back direction on the way along what is extended to vehicle body left and right directions
Line L1, with turn back line L1Rear portion side become than turn back line L1The mode of the upside of side close to the top is turned back.First winder R1With than
Turn back line L1The upside of side close to the top is overlapped.The most front edge side of principal part 11a is extended to than the first winder R1Locate on the front.
Next, as shown in fig. 7, making air bag 11 along the turn back line L extended to vehicle body front-rear direction2、L3It turns back, reduces gas
The width W of the folded formation of capsule 11.Width W is roughly the same with the width of vehicle body left and right directions of retainer 12.It is first in air bag 11
First, left end side and right end lateral edge turn back line L2It turns back to center side, is set as width W, thereafter, along turn back line L3To the left and right is rolled over
Return, be formed as the left end of air bag 11 while and when right end with turn back line L2The state of alignment.
Next, as shown in figure 8, clockwise by principal part 11a from most front edge side convolution, shape from vehicle body left
At the second winder R2.By the convolution, it is wound to the most leading edge and the first winder R of principal part 11a1Centre near.
Next, as shown in figure 9, making principal part 11a along the first winder R1Turn back line L4Bending is existed side by side upwards
It rises, by the second winder R2It is configured at the first winder R1Upside, and make winder R1、R2Form parallel body side by side.
Next, as shown in Figure 10, making winder R clockwise from vehicle body left1、R2Parallel body curling.
Also, as shown in figure 11, by continuing to the curling, winding will be wrapped in by the principal part 11a of front edge side than turn back line L4
Portion R1、R2Parallel body periphery on.It is formed as a result, around winder R1、R2Parallel body periphery circular portion R3。
As shown in Figure 11,12, coiling body R2Positioned at coiling body R1Upside.From Fig. 9 to Figure 11,12 state, coiling body R2
In coiling body R1Around wind with one circuit clockwise.
After coating the airbag fold body with conformal cloth (illustration omitted), it is housed in retainer 12, makes to be located at inflation
Column bolt on machine or inflator retainer (illustration omitted) passes through the aperture of 12 bottom surface of retainer, prominent to the lower section of retainer 12
Out, it is tightened with nut, the folded formation of air bag 11 and inflator 13 is fixed in retainer 12.Next, installation lid 14.This
Outside, inflator or inflator retainer can be housed in air bag in advance, can also be configured in air bag after folding.
In above-mentioned conformal cloth, the cracking units such as the linear joint-cutting of perforation are equipped in a manner of cracking when air bag 11 expands.
When being contacted in the automobile 1 for being equipped with the pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 and pedestrian etc. and inflator 13 being made to work, such as scheme
Pushing cover body 14 and make its release shown in 14, on airbag fold body, by winder R1、R2On be pushed into the top of retainer 12.At this point,
Surrounding body R3It rewinds, the winder R from vehicle body left1、R2Parallel body rise while rotating counterclockwise.
As shown in figure 15, winder R1、R2Parallel body on one side continuing to further while the anticlockwise rotation
It is pushed into be higher by the position of height T than front wall 3 on upwards, eliminates surrounding body R3, become winder R2Positioned at winder R1Rear
State.
Thereafter, by making gas flow into winder R2, as shown in figure 16, winder R2To winder R1Upper side it is mobile,
As winder R1The state directly exposed towards rear.Winder R is flowed by gas1It is interior, winder R1On one side from than
The higher position in top that front wall 3 is higher by height T rotates expansion expansion on one side clockwise towards the rear.
Air bag 11 expands expansion, front wall 3, the rear portion of engine hood panel 2 and gear via the state of Figure 17 as Fig. 1,18
The front of wind glass 4 is covered by principal part 11a, at least front of A column 5 and its nearby by column covering part 11b cover, prevent pedestrian etc.
Directly contacted with front wall 3, A column 5.
In the airbag apparatus, winder R2With surrounding body R3Winder R is surrounded before the stage of Figure 151, limitation winding
Portion R1Expansion.Therefore, because winder R1As shown in figure 16, after being pulled up the higher position for being higher by height T than front wall 3,
It is started to spread out towards rear, therefore, winder R1Can not intrusively it be unfolded with the generation of rain brush 6 in the top of rain brush 6.This
Sample, since air bag 11 will not be interfered with rain brush 6 when starting expansion expansion, it is therefore prevented that rain brush 6 deforms.This
Outside, above-mentioned height T is preferably 50~250mm, particularly preferably 100~200mm or so.
In the airbag apparatus 10, the epipleurite 15 and hypopleurite 16 of air bag 11 are linked by tether piece 17, tether piece 17
Lower ora terminalis linking part near hypopleurite 16 drawn upwards.As a result, as shown in Figure 17,18, air bag 11 from expansion way
In to expansion complete in the state of, the part opposite with rain brush 6 in the lower surface of principal part 11a is formed with recess portion H.
That is, in the principal part 11a expansion of air bag 11, the epipleurite 15 of principal part 11a from from the gas that inflator 13 sprays to
Top press, thus as shown in figure 17 will by upward it is convex it is curved in a manner of expand.Since hypopleurite 16 passes through tether
Piece 17 and the epipleurite 15 link, and therefore, the hypopleurite 16 near 17 lower edge of tether piece forms recess portion H by pull-up upwards.It is recessed
The depth of portion H is preferably 30~130mm, particularly preferably 40~100mm or so.
In general, rain brush has rain brush pivot, the wiper arm extended from the rain brush pivot and is mounted on the rain brush
Rain brush scraper plate on the front end side of device arm etc..Rain brush scraper plate connects with windshield, but wiper arm is omited from windshield
It is micro- to be spaced apart.Therefore, when passing through balloon urges wiper arm, which may be deformed.Especially because in rain brush
When device inoperative, rain brush is close to air bag, therefore, wiper arm deform a possibility that can get higher.In this embodiment, due to
The recess portion H and rain brush 6 formed as described above is opposite, and therefore, air bag 11 will not strongly push rain brush 6, it is therefore prevented that rain brush
The deformation of device 6.Also prevent rain brush scraper plate torsional deformation.
In Fig. 1, rain brush 6 becomes the stopping posture along front wall 3, even if air bag 11 expands when rain brush 6 works
In the case where, recess portion H is also opposite with the base portion of the wiper arm of rain brush 6 (near rain brush pivot).Therefore, even if in rain brush
In the case that air bag 11 expands in device work, the base portion of wiper arm will not strongly be pushed by air bag 11, it is therefore prevented that rain brush
The deformation of arm.
In the above-described embodiment, recess portion H is formd by tether piece 17, but the embodiment shown in Figure 19~21
In the air bag 11A of pedestrian airbag apparatus 10A, the position opposite with the rain brush 6 of halted state in hypopleurite 16 is equipped with
Opening 30 will be used as recess portion H in the edge of the opening 30 by 32 seamed sachet 31 of suture in the pouch 31.
In the state of keeping hypopleurite 16 open and flat, be open 30 vehicle body left and right directions end and principal part 11a left and right
The distance of side portion be preferably 300mm hereinafter, particularly preferably 250mm hereinafter, in the front-back direction width be preferably 10~
100mm, particularly preferably 40~50mm or so.
Air bag 11A is not provided with tether piece 17.Have the airbag apparatus 10A of air bag 11A other structures and above-mentioned gas
Bag apparatus 10 is identical, and same appended drawing reference is indicated with a part.
As shown in figure 19, in the case where air bag 11A expands, pouch 31 becomes low-tension state near opening 30.
In this way, having the air bag 11A of the pouch 31 as low-tension state being covered as shown in Figure 20 by the front of windshield 4 thereafter
In the case where, rain brush 6 is entered in pouch 31 by opening 30.Therefore, air bag 11A will not strongly push rain brush 6.
Pouch 31 and epipleurite 15 can also be made to link by tethered pieces, by the pull-up upwards of pouch 31, form recess portion
H。
In the present invention, can also will draw in the lateral direction shown in the pedestrian airbag apparatus 10B as shown in Figure 22~24
The flow regulating barrels 40 for leading the gas from inflator 13 configure in air bag 11.In this embodiment, flow regulating barrels 40 are by a chip base
Cloth folding two folds into row and turns back, and sews up end edge with suture 41 each other, is shaped generally as tubular.The left and right ends of the flow regulating barrels 40
As gas flow outlet 42,43.In addition, the upper surface in the way of the cylinder axis direction of flow regulating barrels 40 also is provided with one or more gas
Body outflux 44.Inflator 13 is configured in the inside of the flow regulating barrels 40.The appended drawing reference 13a of Figure 11 indicates the gas of inflator 13
Body blowing unit.Further, since the gas flow outlet 42 in left side is close to gas blowing unit 13a, therefore, opening diameter is than gas stream
It exports 43 small, is constituted in a manner of flowing out gas equably to the left and right.
If due in advance by the flow regulating barrels 40 configuration in air bag 11, from inflator 13 spray gas in it is more
Part can from outflux 42,43 to the left and right outflow, therefore, the folded formation of the air bag 11 constantly expanded from retainer 12 to
Speed when top is unfolded becomes smaller.Therefore, the rear is pushed when the folded formation of air bag 11 is abutted with the rear of engine hood panel 2
Power become smaller, it is therefore prevented that the deformation of the rear.
For flow regulating barrels 40 in the state of with gas turgor, the top that also will form the flow regulating barrels 40 does not reach engine hood panel
2 rear end, rain brush 6 size.
In Figure 22~24, flow regulating barrels 40 are provided in the air bag 11 shown in Fig. 1~18, but can also be in Figure 19~21
Shown in flow regulating barrels 40 are set in air bag 11A.
Above embodiment is an example of the invention, and the present invention is not limited to the states of diagram.It in the present invention, can also be with
Using can the rain brush facing part in the lower surface of the air bag expanded formed recess portion other units.
In the above-described embodiment, pedestrian airbag apparatus 10 is set to front wall 3 but it is also possible to be being configured at engine hood panel
2 downside and air bag expansion when engine hood panel 2 rear portion be pushed and air bag expand this type pedestrian airbag dress
It sets.
In the above-described embodiment, by an air bag from left side A column cover to right side A column but it is also possible to be have cover
The pedestrian airbag apparatus of the half side air bag in a left side of lid automobile and pedestrian airbag apparatus with the right half side air bag of covering.
Using specific mode, the present invention is described in detail, but can not depart from the intent of the present invention and model
It is made various changes in the case where enclosing, this is self-evident to those skilled in the art.
The Japanese patent application 2014-262917 that the application was submitted based on December 25th, 2014, and its full text passes through
It quotes and is quoted.
Description of symbols
1 automobile
2 engine hood panels
3 front walls
4 windshield
5 A columns
6 rain brush
10,10A, 10B pedestrian airbag apparatus
11,11A air bag
11a principal part
11b column covering part
Extension below 11c
12 retainers
13 inflators
15 epipleurites
16 hypopleurites
17 tether pieces
20 side tether pieces
30 openings
31 pouches
40 flow regulating barrels