FR2825054A1 - Directional device for gas vented from airbag comprises deflector fixed around opening in center of reinforcing element fixed to airbag wall internal face near vent - Google Patents
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La présente invention concerne les sacs gonflables de sécurité destinés à protéger des chocs les occupants d'un véhicule, en amortissant l' impact de ces chocs Comme il est connu, les sacs gonflables de sécurité comportent un trou d'évent destiné à permettre, lorsque le sac de sécurité se gonfle à la suite d'un choc et l' occupant du véhicule percute le sac, l' échappement des gaz hors du sac sous l'effet de la surpression crcée en assurant un dégonflement partiel du sac et en amortissant The present invention relates to air bags designed to protect the occupants of a vehicle from shock, by damping the impact of these shocks. As is known, air bags have a vent hole intended to allow, when the security bag inflates as a result of a shock and the occupant of the vehicle collides with the bag, exhausting the gases out of the bag under the effect of the overpressure created by partially deflating the bag and damping the bag;
lO l' impact de l'occupant.10 the impact of the occupant.
Ces dispositifs connus de sac gonflable de sécurité à trou d'évent, s'ils sont d'une bonne efficacité, présentent toutefois l'inconvénient que les gaz sortent par le trou d'évent à la perpendiculaire du sac et reviennent ainsi vers le conducteur ou le passager du véhicule en risquant These known devices vent air bag airbag, if they are of good efficiency, however have the disadvantage that the gas out through the vent hole to the perpendicular of the bag and thus return to the driver or the passenger of the vehicle risking
de le blesser, en particulier par brûlure. to hurt him, especially by burning.
La présente invention a pour objet de remédier aux inconvénients cidessus mentionnés présentés par les sacs gonflables de séaurité- à évent, et elle propose à cet effet d'équiper le sac gonflable d'un dispositif de fabrication simple et de fixation facile qui dévie les gaz sortant à la perpendiculaire de l'évent du sac, de facon que ceux-ci ne reviennent pas sur le conducteur ou le passager Selon l' invention, le dispositif d' orientation des gaz provenant de l'évent d'un sac gonflable de sécurité se caractérise en ce qu'il comprend un élément de renfort destiné à être assemblé à la face intérieure ou extérieure du sac, dans la région de l'évent, et un élément déflecteur fixé partiellement au dit élément de renfort et concu pour se déployer vers l' extérieur du sac, sous l' effet de la pression des gaz s'échappant par l'évent, pour orienter ces The object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks presented by the air-bagged air-vent bags, and it proposes for this purpose to equip the air bag with a simple manufacturing device and easy attachment which deflects the gases. Exiting perpendicular to the vent of the bag, so that they do not return to the driver or the passenger According to the invention, the device for directing gases from the vent of an airbag is characterized in that it comprises a reinforcing element intended to be assembled to the inner or outer face of the bag, in the region of the vent, and a deflector element partially fixed to said reinforcing element and designed to deploy towards the outside of the bag, under the effect of the pressure of the gases escaping through the vent, to guide these
gaz dans une direction donnce.gas in a given direction.
Avantageusement, selon l' invention, l'élément déflecteur est constitué au-moins partiellement en une Advantageously, according to the invention, the deflector element is constituted at least partially in one
matière extensible.extensible material.
Selon un mode de réalisation du dispositif d' orientation selon l' invention, l'élément déflecteur est en une matière élastique découpée en forme de parabole et est fixé par sa périphérie au dit élément de renfort du dispositif. Selon un autre mode de réalisation du dispositif d' orientation selon l' invention, l'élément lO dé flect eur comporte une part ie cent ra le de renforcement en forme de trapèze, et de chaque côté une partie latérale en matière extensible. Ladite partie centrale trapézoïdale est fixce par sa grande base à l'élément de renfort du dispositif, et chaque partie latérale de l'élément According to one embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention, the baffle element is made of an elastic material cut in the shape of a parabola and is fixed by its periphery to said reinforcing element of the device. According to another embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention, the element 10 of the fl ect comprises a part of the reinforcement trapezoid-shaped, and on each side a side portion extensible material. Said trapezoidal central part is fixed by its large base to the reinforcing element of the device, and each lateral part of the element
déflecteur est fixée à l'élément de renfort du dispositif. deflector is attached to the reinforcing element of the device.
Pour bien faire comprendre le dispositif selon l' invention, on en décrira ci-après des forme de réalisation préférées en référence au dessin schématique annexé dans lequel: la figure 1 est un schéma d'un sac gonflable de sécurité connu, montrant la direction d'évacuation des gaz s'échappant par l'évent; la figure 2 est un schéma analogue à la figure 1 du sac gonflable de sécurité équipé du dispositif selon l' invention, montrant l' orientation subie par les gaz évacués; la figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'une première forme de réalisation du dispositif d' orientation selon l' invention, en position déployée; la figure 4 est une vue de dessus correspondant à la figure 3; la figure 5 est une vue en perspective d'une seconde forme de réalisation du dispositif d' orientation selon l' invention, en position déployée; et la figure 6 ést une vue de dessus correspondant à la figure 5. En référence à la figure 1, on a représenté en 1 un sac de sécurité connu en position gonflée, et en 2 le trou d'évent ménagé dans la paroi du sac 1 et destiné, lors de l'impact de l' occupant sur le sac gonflé, à permettre For a better understanding of the device according to the invention, preferred embodiments will be described below with reference to the appended schematic drawing in which: FIG. 1 is a diagram of a known safety air bag, showing the direction of evacuation of gases escaping through the vent; Figure 2 is a diagram similar to Figure 1 of the airbag equipped with the device according to the invention, showing the orientation undergone by the evacuated gases; Figure 3 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention, in the deployed position; Figure 4 is a top view corresponding to Figure 3; Figure 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention, in the deployed position; and Figure 6 is a top view corresponding to Figure 5. Referring to Figure 1, there is shown in 1 a known security bag in the inflated position, and 2 the vent hole in the wall of the bag 1 and intended, during the impact of the occupant on the inflated bag, to allow
l'évacuation des gaz hors du sac pour amortir cet impact. evacuation of gases out of the bag to dampen this impact.
Comme le montrent les flèches, l'évacuation des gaz se fait à la verticale du sac 1 avec le risque que ces gaz reviennent vers l'occupant et le blessent, par exemple par brulure. A la figure 2 on a montré le sac de la figure 1 équipé, à l'endroit de l'évent, d'un dispositif d' orientation 3 selon l' invention qui, comme le montrent les flèches, dévie latéralement la direction des gaz évacués de facon que ces gaz ne reviennent pas vers l' occupant. Le dispositif d' orientation 3 comprend un élément de renfort 4 en tissu, assemblé sur le tissu du sac 1 autour de l'évent, et un élément déflecteur 5. L'élément de renfort 4 a deux fonctions c'est-à-dire le renforcement de la face du sac 1 au niveau de l'évent, et la fixation de l'élément déflecteur 5 orientant les gaz évacués. I1 assure aussi, s'il est fixé à la face intérieure de la paroi du As shown by the arrows, the evacuation of gases is vertical bag 1 with the risk that these gases back to the occupant and injure, for example by burning. FIG. 2 shows the bag of FIG. 1 equipped, at the location of the vent, with an orientation device 3 according to the invention which, as shown by the arrows, laterally deflects the direction of the gases. evacuated so that these gases do not return to the occupant. The orientation device 3 comprises a reinforcing element 4 made of fabric, assembled on the fabric of the bag 1 around the vent, and a deflector element 5. The reinforcing element 4 has two functions, that is to say the reinforcement of the face of the bag 1 at the level of the vent, and the fixing of the deflector element 5 orienting the evacuated gases. I1 also ensures, if it is attached to the inner face of the wall of the
sac, une protection thermique de celle-ci. bag, thermal protection thereof.
Aux figures 3 et 4, on a représenté une première forme de réalisation du dispositif d'orientation selon l' invention. L'élément de renfort 6 est fixé, par une de ses faces, à la face intérieure du sac gonflable de sécurité 7, alors que sa face opposoe, dirigée vers l'intérieur du sac 7, comporte un revêtement de silicone qui assure une protection thermique. L'élément de renfort 6 In Figures 3 and 4, there is shown a first embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention. The reinforcing element 6 is fixed, by one of its faces, to the inner face of the airbag 7, while its opposite face, directed towards the inside of the bag 7, comprises a silicone coating which provides protection thermal. The reinforcing element 6
présente une ouverture centrale.has a central opening.
Un déflecteur 9 en forme de parabole, entièrement confectionné en un tissu en matière élastique, est fixé à s la face siliconée du renfort 6, sur une zone de chevauchement 8 entourant sur trois côtés ladite ouverture centrale. On comprend que, lors de l'évacuation des gaz hors du sac 7, le déflecteur 9 en matière élastique s'ouvre en forme de coude vers l'extérieur du sac, à travers l'ouverture centrale, sous l'effet de la pression des gaz A deflector 9 in the form of a dish, entirely made of a fabric of elastic material, is attached to the silicone face of the reinforcement 6, on an overlapping zone 8 surrounding on three sides said central opening. It will be understood that, during the evacuation of the gases from the bag 7, the deflector 9 made of elastic material opens in the form of a bend towards the outside of the bag, through the central opening, under the effect of the pressure gases
et oriente ceux-ci dans la direction voulue. and directs them in the desired direction.
En référence aux figures 5 et 6, on voit une seconde forme de réalisation du dispositif d' orientation selon l' invention. L'élément de renfort 10, est fixé à la face intérieure de la paroi du sac gonflable de sécurité 11, dans la zone du trou d'évent du sac, de facon que la face de ce renfort 10 revêtue de silicone regarde vers l'intérieur du sac. L'élément de renfort 10 présente à sa partie centrale une ouverture 12. A la face siliconée de l'élément de renfort 10 est fixé, autour de l'ouverture 12, un élément déflecteur 13 que l'on décrira plus en détail ci-après. L'élément déflecteur 13 comprend une pièce de renfort 14, de forme trapézoïdale, dont la grande base est solidaire de l'élément de renfort 10. Cette pièce de renfort 14 est fixée sur un morceau de tissu 15 plié en accordéon, de même nature que le tissu du sac 11 qui est fixé sur trois côtés, à l' exception du côté correspondant à la petite base du trapèze 14, à l'élément de renfort 10 Referring to Figures 5 and 6, there is shown a second embodiment of the orientation device according to the invention. The reinforcing element 10 is attached to the inner face of the wall of the airbag 11, in the area of the vent hole of the bag, so that the face of this silicone-coated backing 10 looks towards the inside the bag. The reinforcing element 10 has at its central part an opening 12. At the silicone face of the reinforcing element 10 is fixed around the opening 12, a deflector element 13 which will be described in more detail below. after. The deflector element 13 comprises a reinforcement piece 14, of trapezoidal shape, whose large base is integral with the reinforcing element 10. This reinforcing part 14 is fixed on a piece of folded fabric 15 accordion, the same nature that the fabric of the bag 11 which is fixed on three sides, with the exception of the side corresponding to the small base of the trapezium 14, to the reinforcing element 10
autour de l'ouverture 12.around the opening 12.
On comprend que, sous l'effet de la pression des gaz s'échappant de l'évent du sac 11, le déLlecteur 13 se déploie vers l'extérieur à travers l'ouverture 12, grâce la forme en trapAze du renfort entral 14 pour orienter les It is understood that, under the effect of the pressure of the gases escaping from the vent of the bag 11, the displacer 13 extends outwardly through the opening 12, thanks to the trapezoidal shape of the reinforcement reinforcement 14 for guide
gaz dans une direction donne.gas in a given direction.
En variante la partie extensible de l'AlAment dflecteur 13, au lieu d'Atre en tissu pliA, peut Atre en As a variant, the extensible portion of the deflector AlAment 13, instead of being made of ply fabric, may be
une matiAre AlastiqUe.an AlASTIC MATERIAL.
On comprendra que la description ci-dessus a At It will be understood that the description above has At
donne siple titre d'exemple, sans caractAre limitatif, et que des modifications ou des adjonctions constructivea pourraient y Atre apportes sans sortir du cadre de la prAsente invention. On comprendra en particulier qu'on a dAcrit le dispositif d' orientation comme Atant tixA la tace intArieure du sac de sAcurit gontlable, mais qu'il pourrait tout aussi bien Atre fixA la face extArieure du sac. This gives an example of an example, without any limiting character, and that constructive modifications or additions could be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It will be understood in particular that the orientation device has been described as being at the inside of the bag of secure lock, but that it could just as easily be fixed to the outside of the bag.
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