JP2013133079A - Vehicle seat, and automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a vehicle seat and an automobile, capable of reducing load received by a sitting occupant from a seat belt device upon collision.SOLUTION: A vehicle seat 10 includes: a seat cushion 14; a front side chamber 22F which is provided on a front side of the seat cushion 14 for inflating and deploying by receiving a gas supply; a rear side chamber 22R which is provided on a rear side of the front side chamber 22F in the seat cushion 14 for inflating and deploying by receiving the gas supply; an inflator 20 for supplying gas to the front side chamber 22F; and a tube vent 26 which is provided in between the front side chamber 22F and the rear side chamber 22R for having the gas in the front side chamber 22F escape to the rear side chamber 22R after the front side chamber 22F is inflated and deployed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat including an airbag in a seat cushion.

  A configuration is known in which a pair of front and rear airbag devices are provided in the seat cushion, and after the front and rear airbag devices are operated together, gas is discharged from a vent hole provided in the airbag of the rear airbag device. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-195202 A

  By the way, in the technique of the above-mentioned patent document 1, there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of reducing the seating load received by the occupant from the seat belt device at the time of collision while the internal pressure of the front airbag is maintained.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat and an automobile that can reduce a load received by a seated occupant from a seat belt device at the time of a collision.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, a vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a first inflating portion that is provided on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction within the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, and the seat cushion. A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, a gas supply means for supplying gas to the first inflating portion, the first inflating portion and the first inflating portion And a valve structure that is provided between the two expansion portions and allows the gas of the first expansion portion to escape to the second expansion portion after the first expansion portion is expanded and deployed.

  In this apparatus, for example, when the gas supply means is operated at the time of a frontal collision of the vehicle, gas is supplied from the gas supply means to the first inflating portion, and the first inflating portion is inflated and deployed. In the initial stage of this gas supply, gas supply from the first inflating part to the second inflating part is prevented or suppressed by the valve structure, and the thigh of the seated occupant is lifted by inflating and deploying the first inflating part, The forward movement of the seated occupant is suppressed. Thereafter, when the state of preventing or suppressing the gas supply from the first expansion portion to the second expansion portion due to the valve structure is eliminated, gas is released from the first expansion portion to the second expansion portion, and the first expansion portion The internal pressure is reduced. For this reason, after the initial restraint on the seat cushion of the seated occupant by the first inflating portion, the load acting on the seated occupant from the seat belt device is relieved.

  Thus, the load received by the seated occupant from the seat belt device at the time of collision can be reduced.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, a vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a first inflatable portion that is provided on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction in the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, and the seat cushion. A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, a gas supply means for supplying gas to the first inflating portion, the first inflating portion and the first inflating portion A valve that is provided between the first expansion section and the second expansion section, and that causes gas movement from the first expansion section to the second expansion section after a predetermined time delay from the start of gas supply from the gas supply means to the first expansion section. And a structure.

  In this apparatus, for example, when the gas supply means is operated at the time of a frontal collision of the vehicle, gas is supplied from the gas supply means to the first inflating portion, and the first inflating portion is inflated and deployed. In the initial stage of this gas supply, gas supply from the first inflating part to the second inflating part is prevented or suppressed by the valve structure, and the thigh of the seated occupant is lifted by inflating and deploying the first inflating part, The forward movement of the seated occupant is suppressed. When a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of gas supply from the gas supply means to the first expansion section, the state of prevention or suppression of gas supply from the first expansion section to the second expansion section by the valve structure is canceled, and from the first expansion section, The gas moves to the second expansion part. Thereby, the internal pressure of the 1st expansion part is reduced. For this reason, after the initial restraint on the seat cushion of the seated occupant by the first inflating portion, the load acting on the seated occupant from the seat belt device is relieved.

  Thus, the load received by the seated occupant from the seat belt device at the time of collision can be reduced.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a first inflating portion that is provided on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction within the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, and the seat cushion. A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply, a gas supply means for supplying gas to the first inflating portion, the first inflating portion and the first inflating portion A valve structure that is provided between the first and second inflating parts and opens so that gas movement from the first inflating part to the second inflating part occurs when the internal pressure of the first inflating part exceeds a predetermined internal pressure. I have.

  In this apparatus, for example, when the gas supply means is operated at the time of a frontal collision of the vehicle, gas is supplied from the gas supply means to the first inflating portion, and the first inflating portion is inflated and deployed. In the initial stage of this gas supply, gas supply from the first inflating part to the second inflating part is prevented or suppressed by the valve structure, and the thigh of the seated occupant is lifted by inflating and deploying the first inflating part, The forward movement of the seated occupant is suppressed. When the internal pressure of the first expansion part exceeds a predetermined internal pressure, the state of prevention or suppression of gas supply from the first expansion part to the second expansion part by the valve structure is canceled, and gas is supplied from the first expansion part to the second expansion part. Move. Thereby, the internal pressure of the 1st expansion part is reduced. For this reason, after the initial restraint on the seat cushion of the seated occupant by the first inflating portion, the load acting on the seated occupant from the seat belt device is relieved.

  Thus, the load received by the seated occupant from the seat belt device at the time of collision can be reduced.

  A vehicle seat according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the vehicle seat according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion are formed as an integral bag. The structure is made of a cloth material, constitutes at least a part of a boundary portion between the first expansion portion and the second expansion portion, and is opened by a differential pressure between the first expansion portion and the second expansion portion. It is comprised including.

  In this device, since the valve structure is made of a cloth material together with the front and rear airbags, a structure in which gas is allowed to escape from the first inflating portion to the second inflating portion after initial restraint can be obtained with a simple structure.

  A vehicle seat according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the vehicle seat according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion are inflated and deployed separately from each other in the seat width direction. The valve structure is provided between the left and right inflating portions of the first inflating portion and the second inflating portion, respectively.

  In this device, at the time of initial restraint, the left and right inflating parts of the first inflating part are inflated to lift the thigh of the seated occupant. Since the left and right inflating parts are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction, the first inflating part has a smaller overall capacity than the first inflating part in the seat width direction. For this reason, at the time of initial restraint, the left and right inflatable portions of the first inflatable portion are inflated and deployed in a short time, which contributes to the improvement of the initial restraint performance. Moreover, since the valve structure is provided in each of the left and right inflating portions, the gas smoothly moves from the first inflating portion to the second inflating portion.

  The vehicle seat according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the vehicle seat according to the fourth aspect, wherein the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion each have front and rear inflating portions that communicate with the pair of left and right inflating portions, respectively. An annular airbag is configured in plan view.

  In this device, the first inflatable portion has a substantially U shape that opens rearward, and the second inflatable portion has a substantially U shape that opens forward, forming an annular airbag as a whole. For this reason, the capacity | capacitance of a 2nd expansion part is large compared with the structure which the right and left expansion part of a 2nd expansion part is not connected, and the internal pressure of the 1st expansion part after an initial restraint can be reduced greatly. Further, since the left and right inflating portions of the first inflating portion are communicated with each other, the gas supply structure to the left and right inflating portions of the first inflating portion can be simplified.

  A vehicle seat according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the vehicle seat according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion are partitioned by a single bag. The valve structure is provided on the partition wall.

  In this apparatus, a simple structure in which a single bag is partitioned by a partition and a valve structure is provided in the partition, and a configuration in which gas is allowed to escape from the first expansion portion to the second expansion portion after initial restraint can be obtained.

  An automobile according to an eighth aspect of the invention is for restraining the vehicle seat according to any one of the first to seventh aspects and a seated occupant of the vehicle seat with a shoulder webbing and a lap webbing. A seat belt device.

  In this vehicle, since the gas moves from the first inflating portion to the second inflating portion after the initial restraint at the time of the frontal collision as described above, the load acting on the seated occupant from the seat belt device after the initial restraining on the seat cushion. Is alleviated.

  As described above, the vehicle seat and the automobile according to the present invention have an excellent effect that the load received by the seated occupant from the seat belt device at the time of a collision can be reduced.

1 is a plan view showing a vehicle seat according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a part cut away. FIG. 3 is a side view showing the normal seating state of the vehicle seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention with a part cut away. FIG. 2 is a side view showing a partially cutout initial restraint state of the vehicle seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view showing a part of the restraint state after the middle period of the vehicle seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the tube vent which comprises the vehicle seat which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (A) The expanded sectional side view which expands and shows a valve closing state, (B) expands a valve opening state FIG. It is a perspective view which divides and shows the cushion airbag which comprises the vehicle seat which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the effect of the vehicle seat which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (A) is a diagram which shows a time change of a passenger | crew's waist | hip | lumbar center gravity position, (B) is a passenger | crew's chest. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing the change over time of the deflection amount, and FIG. 5B is a diagram showing the change over time of the lap belt load. It is a top view which cuts and shows a vehicle seat which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  A vehicle seat 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that an arrow FR appropriately shown in the figure indicates a forward direction in the vehicle longitudinal direction, an arrow UP indicates an upward direction in the vehicle vertical direction, and an arrow RH and an arrow LH indicate the right side (seat width) as viewed from the seated occupant P of the vehicle seat 10. One side of the direction) and the left side (the other side in the sheet width direction) are shown. In the following description, when using front and rear, up and down, and left and right directions unless otherwise specified, front and rear in the vehicle front and rear direction, up and down in the vehicle up and down direction, and left and right viewed from the seated occupant P are shown. The seat width direction and the vehicle width direction coincide with the left-right direction viewed from the seated occupant P.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view in which a main part of the vehicle seat 10 is partially cut away. FIG. 2 shows a side view in which the vehicle seat 10 is partially cut away. As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the vehicle seat 10 is applied to an automobile 11 including a seat belt device 30 described later. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle seat 10 includes a seat cushion 14 on which an occupant is seated, and a seat back 16 having a lower end connected to the rear end side of the seat cushion and forming a backrest. . A cushion airbag device 18 is disposed in the seat cushion 14. The cushion airbag device 18 includes an inflator 20 as a gas supply unit and a cushion airbag 22 as an airbag that inflates and deploys by receiving gas supply from the inflator 20 as main parts.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mechanical component of the cushion airbag device 18 is disposed between a seat pan 14A and a cushion material 14B constituting the seat cushion 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the cushion airbag 22 is inflated and deployed to lift the thigh of the seated occupant P upward. Therefore, when the cushion airbag device 18 is actuated at the time of the frontal collision of the vehicle, the seat occupant P is prevented from moving forward due to inertia by lifting its thigh.

  As shown in the inflated and deployed state in FIG. 1, the cushion airbag 22 is configured to be inflated and deployed in a substantially annular shape (doughnut shape) surrounding the central space 22 </ b> C in plan view. The cushion airbag 22 is partitioned into a front chamber 22F as a first inflating portion and a rear chamber 22R as a second inflating portion by a partition cloth 24 provided therein. A pair of left and right partition cloths 24 are provided so as to sandwich the central space portion 22 </ b> C in the seat width direction at a substantially intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the cushion airbag 22. Thus, the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R are formed in a semicircular arc shape (U-shape) that is symmetrical in the front-rear direction in plan view. The portions located on both sides in the sheet width direction with respect to the central space portion 22C in each of the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R correspond to a pair of left and right inflating portions in the present invention. Moreover, the part located in the both sides of the front-back direction with respect to the center space part 22C in the cushion airbag 22 is corresponded to the front and rear inflating part which connects a pair of right and left inflating parts in this invention.

  The cushion airbag 22 is fixed to the seat pan 14A via an inflator 20 disposed therein in the front chamber 22F. The inflator 20 has a cylindrical shape (substantially cylindrical in the present embodiment) that is long in the seat axis direction, and is fixed to the seat pan 14A at a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction. The inflator 20 has a gas ejection hole 20A formed at one end in the longitudinal direction thereof, and is configured to eject gas from the gas ejection hole 20A when operated. In this embodiment, a plurality of gas ejection holes 20 </ b> A are formed along the circumferential direction of the inflator 20. These gas ejection holes 20 </ b> A are disposed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the center line (not shown) in the cushion airbag 22. Note that gas ejection holes 20 </ b> A may be formed on both end sides in the longitudinal direction of the inflator 20.

  The cushion airbag device 18 is electrically connected to an airbag ECU as a control device (not shown). The airbag ECU is configured to operate the inflator 20 when a frontal collision (unavoidable) of the vehicle is detected based on a signal from a front collision sensor (not shown).

  The left and right partition cloths 24 are each provided with a valve structure for moving a part of the gas supplied from the inflator 20 to the front chamber 22F to the rear chamber 22R, and a tube vent 26 as a cloth valve. . As shown in FIGS. 5A and 6, the tube vent 26 is formed in a tube shape in which one end is continuous with the opening 24A of the partition cloth 24 and the other end is a free end on the rear chamber 22R side. Yes. That is, the tube vent 26 is made of the same kind of cloth material as that of the partition cloth 24.

  The free end side of the tube vent 26 is closed by sewing, bonding, or the like, or is closed and joined to the partition cloth 24. As a result, the tube vent 26 normally regulates gas movement (circulation) from the front chamber 22F to the rear chamber 22R, and together with the partition cloth 24, a boundary portion between the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R. Configure. This state is referred to as a closed state of the tube vent 26. When the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F exceeds a predetermined internal pressure, as shown in FIG. 5 (B), the tube vent 26 is released (opened) from the closed state due to the sewing and adhesion. The structure allows gas movement from 22F to the rear chamber 22R.

  This predetermined internal pressure is set as an internal pressure that is reached after the front chamber 22F has lifted the thigh of the seated occupant P by the front chamber 22F and performed the function of suppressing the forward movement of the seated occupant P (initial restraint function). ing. In other words, the tube vent 26 opens after a predetermined time required for the front chamber 22F to perform the initial restraining function (the front chamber 22F reaches a predetermined internal pressure) from the start of gas supply to the front chamber 22F by the inflator 20. It is set to be valved. The predetermined internal pressure may be regarded as a predetermined internal pressure difference between the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R. The cushion airbag 22 restrains the seat occupant P against the seat cushion 14 in a state where the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R are inflated and deployed from the middle stage to the final stage of the frontal collision.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the seat occupant P of the vehicle seat 10 is restrained by the webbing 30 </ b> W of the seat belt device 30 at the time of a frontal collision. In this embodiment, a three-point seat belt device 30 that restrains the seated occupant P at the upper body (chest) and the waist by the shoulder webbing 30WS and the lap webbing 30WL is employed. The seat belt device 30 is a seat attachment in which a retractor and an anchor to which both ends of the webbing 30W are coupled, and a buckle device to which a tongue plate provided in an intermediate portion of the webbing 30W is coupled are provided on the vehicle seat 10. Also good. Further, the seat belt device 30 may be a body attachment in which a retractor, an anchor, and a buckle device are provided on the vehicle body.

  In addition, the instrument panel 28 (or the steering wheel) in front of the vehicle seat 10 is provided with a front-impact airbag device 32 for restraining the forward movement of mainly the upper body of the seated occupant P during a frontal collision. It has been. FIGS. 3 and 4 show a state in which the front passenger airbag 32A for the passenger seat deployed from the instrument panel 28 is deployed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the seat cushion 14 is provided with a seat cooling device 34 as a seat cooling means. The seat cooling device 34 is configured to include a seat fan unit 36 that sucks air in the passenger compartment from the lower suction port 36A and blows it out from the blowout port 36B. The seat cooling device 34 includes a duct 38 that guides the air blown out by the seat fan unit 36 to the lower surface side of the cushion material 14B. The seat fan unit 36 is fixed to the seat pan 14A of the seat cushion 14 via a bracket (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the duct 38 passes through the seat pan 14A from below, and an opening 38A at the downstream end thereof opens in the central space 22C in plan view. Thereby, the air blown out from the opening 38 </ b> A of the duct 38 is configured not to be blocked by the cushion airbag 22. The air blown out from the opening 38A is blown out onto the seat cushion 14 through the cushioning material 14B (and the skin material) having air permeability.

  In this embodiment, a mesh cloth 40 that covers the central space 22C of the cushion airbag 22 is provided. The mesh cloth 40 is made of a mesh fabric and has air permeability. For this reason, the air from the seat cooling device 34 (opening 38A) is guided to the cushion material 14B through the mesh cloth 40. The mesh cloth 40 is joined to the inner edge of the cushion airbag 22 by sewing over the entire circumference. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 in half, the cushion airbag 22 is formed by joining a pair of upper and lower base fabrics 22Up and 22Lw. The mesh cloth 40 is joined to the inner circumferential flange portion 22Fi, which is a joining portion of the upper and lower base fabrics 22Up, 22Lw, by sewing over the entire circumference.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  In the vehicle seat 10 having the above configuration, when a frontal collision of the vehicle is detected, the inflator 20 of the cushion airbag device 18 is activated. Then, the front chamber 22F of the cushion airbag 22 that has received gas supply from the inflator 20 is inflated and deployed in the seat cushion 14 as shown in FIG. 3, and lifts the thigh of the seated occupant P. As a result, the forward movement of the seated occupant P mainly due to the inertia of the lower limbs is suppressed, and the seat occupant P is protected against a collision with an instrument panel or the like. Specifically, the forward movement of the seated occupant P by the front chamber 22F is suppressed by the front chamber 22F by suppressing the seat occupant P wearing the webbing 30W from entering the seat cushion 14 (so-called submarine phenomenon). It is restrained well by the belt device.

  That is, the passenger restraining function at the initial stage of the frontal collision is satisfactorily performed. In particular, in the case of an automobile that employs a thin instrument panel 28 that is flat in the vertical direction, it is difficult for the knee airbag to support the reaction force from the occupant's knee with the instrument panel, and the cushion airbag device 18 It is valid.

  Here, when the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F exceeds a predetermined internal pressure, the closed state of the tube vent 26 is canceled by the internal pressure, and gas is supplied from the front chamber 22F to the rear chamber 22R as shown in FIG. 5B. Is done. For this reason, while the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F decreases, the rear chamber 22R is expanded and deployed as shown in FIG. For this reason, the load acting on the seated occupant P can be suppressed while maintaining the occupant restraint performance from the middle to the end of the collision (energy absorption).

  This point will be supplemented with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a temporal change in the height of the center of gravity of the occupant's waist after a frontal collision. The alternate long and short dash line indicates the change in the waist center of gravity when the internal pressure in the front chamber 22F is constant at P1 (P1> P2), and the solid line indicates the change in the waist center of gravity when the internal pressure in the front chamber 22F decreases from P1 to P2. Is shown. From this figure, when the tube vent 26 is opened near the peak of the waist center of gravity, a part of the gas in the front chamber 22F is released to the rear chamber 22R, so that the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is reduced and the internal pressure is reduced. It can be seen that the height of the center of gravity of the waist is greatly reduced as compared with the case where P1 is constant.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram showing the time change of the chest deflection of the seated occupant P by the shoulder webbing 30WS (hereinafter referred to as “chest deflection”) during the energy absorption process of the frontal collision. A one-dot chain line indicates a change in chest deflection when the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is constant at P1, and a solid line indicates a change in chest deflection when the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is constant at P2. From these figures, it can be seen that the chest deflection increases with the rise of the waist center of gravity, and also increases for a certain period after the waist center of gravity reaches a peak. When the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is decreased from P1 to P2, the chest deflection characteristic indicated by the alternate long and short dash line shifts to the breast deflection characteristic indicated by the solid line. Therefore, the peak of the chest deflection can be kept small by reducing the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F from P1 to P2 near the peak of the waist center of gravity height as described above, that is, before the chest deflection reaches the peak.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram showing a change with time of the lap belt load acting on the waist of the seated occupant P from the lap webbing 30WL in the energy absorption process of the frontal collision. A one-dot chain line indicates a change in the lap belt load when the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is constant at P1, and a solid line indicates a change in the lap belt load when the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is constant at P2. From these figures, it can be seen that the lap belt load increases as the waist center of gravity increases, and increases for a certain period after the waist center of gravity reaches a peak. When the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F is decreased from P1 to P2, the lap belt load characteristic indicated by the alternate long and short dash line shifts to the lap belt load characteristic indicated by the solid line. Therefore, the peak of the lap belt load can be kept small by reducing the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F from P1 to P2 near the peak of the center of gravity height as described above, that is, before the lap belt load reaches the peak. .

  Thus, in the vehicle seat 10, it is possible to reduce the load acting on the seated occupant P from the webbing 30 </ b> W from the middle stage to the final stage of the frontal collision. Moreover, since the gas in the front chamber 22F is allowed to escape to the rear chamber 22R without being discharged to the outside, the inflated and deployed state (internal pressure) is maintained for the front chamber 22F, that is, the cushion airbag 22 as a whole. For this reason, the cushion airbag 22 deployed as a whole contributes to occupant restraint by the webbing 30W, and can stop the forward movement of the waist of the seated occupant P within an allowable range.

  Further, as described above, the load received by the seated occupant P from the webbing 30W during the energy absorption process of the frontal collision is reduced. For this reason, it contributes to simplification of the structure of the entire occupant protection structure, such as eliminating or simplifying the load limiting mechanism (force limiter) that the seat belt device 30 (such as a retractor) normally has.

  Here, since the vehicle seat 10 is configured to inflate and deploy the front chamber 22F in the early stage of the frontal collision, the amount of gas required for deployment (bag) is compared with the comparative example in which the entire cushion airbag 22 is inflated and deployed. (Capacity) is small. For this reason, the expansion and deployment of the front chamber 22F can be completed in a short time compared to the above comparative example, and the forward movement of the seated occupant P can be effectively suppressed in a short time from the detection of the frontal collision. it can. That is, in the comparison with the comparative example, the initial restraint performance at the time of frontal collision is improved.

  In particular, the cushion airbag 22 is inflated and deployed in a substantially annular shape in plan view. In other words, since the cushion airbag 22 is configured to surround the central space portion 22C, the capacity of the cushion airbag 22 itself is formed by the central space portion 22C. Small compared to the comparative example not. For this reason, the initial restraint performance at the time of a frontal collision improves further.

  Further, the cushion airbag 22 is fixed to the seat pan 14A via an inflator 20 disposed in the front chamber 22F. For this reason, when restraining the movement of the seated occupant P forward, the cushion airbag 22 is restricted from moving forward. More specifically, the displacement of the cushion airbag 22 with respect to the seat cushion 14 is effectively suppressed as the seated occupant P moves forward so that the cushion airbag 22 falls forward. Thereby, the initial restraint performance at the time of the frontal collision by the cushion airbag 22 further improves. Particularly, since the mesh cloth 40 covering the central space portion 22C is joined to the cushion airbag 22, the mesh cloth 40 (the tension) prevents the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R from separating from each other. Is done. That is, the cushion airbag 22 is reinforced by the mesh cloth 40. This also effectively suppresses the forward movement of the cushion airbag 22 due to the forward movement of the seated occupant P, and the increase in the amount of forward movement of the seated occupant P due to this. That is, in combination with the structure in which the front chamber 22F is fixed to the seat pan 14A via the inflator 20, the forward movement of the seat occupant P can be more effectively suppressed.

  Further, since the cushion airbag 22 is inflated and deployed in an annular shape, the effect of reducing the internal pressure of the front chamber 22F after the valve opening of the tube vent 26 (the effect of suppressing the load from the webbing 30W on the seated occupant P) is great. . For example, in a comparative example (included in the present invention) inflated and deployed in a U shape that opens rearward in a plan view, there is no portion that communicates the left and right chambers on the opening side, so the gas from the front chamber 22F Accept capacity is small. For this reason, the amount of gas that escapes from the front chamber 22F is reduced. On the other hand, the cushion airbag 22 has a left and right inflated portions communicating on both sides of the central space portion 22C and communicates on the rear end side, so that a required gas receiving capacity is secured, and as described above, the front chamber 22F Greatly reduces internal pressure.

  Further, since the tube vent 26 made of the same fabric material as the base fabric constituting the cushion airbag 22 is configured to restrict gas movement from the front chamber 22F to the rear chamber 22R at the initial stage of the frontal collision, Easy and reliable.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a vehicle seat 50 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, about the structure fundamentally similar to the structure of the said 1st form, the code | symbol same as the structure of the said 1st form is attached | subjected, and the description and illustration may be abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 8 shows a vehicle seat 50 according to the second embodiment in a partially cutaway plan view corresponding to FIG. As shown in this figure, the vehicle seat 50 includes a cushion airbag 52 that is inflated and deployed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, instead of the cushion airbag 22 that is inflated and deployed in a ring shape in plan view. This is different from the vehicle seat 10 according to the first embodiment.

  In the cushion airbag 52, a single airbag having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view is partitioned by a partition wall 54 in the front-rear direction. The partition wall 54 is made of a cloth material similar to the base cloth. A front side of the partition wall 54 is a front chamber 52F, and a rear side of the partition wall 54 is a rear chamber 52R. The inflator 20 is disposed in the front chamber 52F, and the cushion airbag 22 is fixed to the seat pan 14A in the front chamber 52F.

  The partition wall 54 is provided with a cloth valve 56 as a valve structure. The cloth valve 56 is sewn to the partition wall 54 around a rectangular window portion 54 </ b> A formed in the partition wall 54. A portion of this sewing that is parallel to the three sides of the window portion 54A is a tear seam 58 that is broken when the internal pressure of the front chamber 52F exceeds a predetermined internal pressure. With this break, the sewing portion 60 (having normal strength) other than the tear seam 58 is used as a hinge, and the window portion 54A is opened as indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. The partition wall 54 may be provided with a tube vent 26 instead of or in addition to the cloth valve 56.

  Further, the vehicle seat 50 according to this embodiment is configured such that the seat cooling device 34 is not set. Other configurations of the vehicle seat 50 are the same as the corresponding configurations of the vehicle seat 10 including a portion not shown.

  Therefore, the vehicle seat 50 according to the second embodiment is basically the vehicle according to the first embodiment, except for the operational effects of the cushion airbag 22 being inflated and deployed in a substantially annular shape in plan view. The same effect can be obtained by the same action as the sheet 10 for use. In addition, a simple structure in which a single bag body is partitioned by a partition wall 54 and a cloth valve 56 is provided, and a configuration in which gas is allowed to escape from the front chamber 22F to the rear chamber 22R after initial restraint can be obtained.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the tube vent 26 and the cloth valve 56 are used as the valve structure is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the boundary itself between the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R may be a tear seam, and a valve structure may be employed in which the boundary between the front chamber 22F and the rear chamber 22R does not remain after the tear seam is broken.

  In the above-described embodiments, the cushion airbags 22 and 52 are partitioned by the partition cloths 24 and 54, and the front chambers 22F and 52F and the rear chambers 22R and 52R are formed. It is not limited to this. For example, it is good also as a structure which connected the chamber before and behind comprised as another bag by the communication chamber, communication pipe, etc. which contain a valve structure.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the vehicle seats 10 and 50 are passenger seats is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. The vehicle seats 10 and 50 may be driver seats, or may be the second and subsequent rows in a vehicle having a plurality of rows of seats.

  Furthermore, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the seat occupant P of the vehicle seats 10 and 50 is protected by the cushion airbag device 18, the three-point seat belt device 30, and the front collision airbag device 32. Although shown, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a vehicle seat provided with an occupant protection device (seat belt device) instead of the three-point seat belt device 30. Such an occupant protection device includes, for example, a lap belt that is attached to the occupant's waist at the time of a front collision, an occupant's upper body, and an instrument on a lap bar that is not in contact with the abdomen of the seated occupant P and is disposed in the vehicle width direction forward Built-in airbag that deploys between panels.

  In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle seat 11 Automobile 14 Seat cushion 20 Inflator (gas supply means)
22 Cushion airbag (integrated bag)
22F Front chamber (first expansion part)
22R Rear chamber (second expansion part)
24 partition cloth (boundary part)
26 Tube vent (cloth valve)
50 Vehicle seat 52 Cushion airbag (integrated bag)
52R Rear chamber (first expansion part)
52F Front chamber (second expansion part)
54 Partition cloth (boundary part)
56 Cloth Valve

Claims (8)

Seat cushion,
A first inflating portion provided on the front side of the vehicle front-rear direction in the seat cushion and inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion in the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
Gas supply means for supplying a gas to the first expansion section;
A valve structure provided between the first inflating part and the second inflating part, and allowing the gas in the first inflating part to escape to the second inflating part after the first inflating part is inflated and deployed;
Vehicle seat equipped with Seat cushion,
A first inflating portion provided on the front side of the vehicle front-rear direction in the seat cushion and inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion in the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
Gas supply means for supplying a gas to the first expansion section;
Provided between the first inflating part and the second inflating part, and from the first inflating part to the second inflating part with a predetermined time delay from the start of gas supply from the gas supply means to the first inflating part. A valve structure that causes gas movement of
Vehicle seat equipped with Seat cushion,
A first inflating portion provided on the front side of the vehicle front-rear direction in the seat cushion and inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
A second inflating portion that is provided on the rear side of the first inflating portion in the seat cushion and is inflated and deployed by receiving gas supply;
Gas supply means for supplying a gas to the first expansion section;
When the internal pressure of the first expansion part or the internal pressure difference between the first expansion part and the second expansion part exceeds a predetermined internal pressure, the first expansion part is provided between the first expansion part and the second expansion part. A valve structure that opens so as to cause gas movement from the first to the second expansion portion;
Vehicle seat equipped with The first inflatable part and the second inflatable part are formed as an integral bag,
The valve structure is made of a cloth material, constitutes at least a part of a boundary portion between the first expansion portion and the second expansion portion, and is opened by a differential pressure between the first expansion portion and the second expansion portion. The vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising a cloth valve. The first inflating part and the second inflating part each include a pair of left and right inflating parts that are inflated and deployed separately in the seat width direction.
The vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the valve structure is provided between right and left inflating portions of the first inflating portion and the second inflating portion.   The said 1st inflatable part and the 2nd inflatable part respectively have the inflatable part before and behind which connects the said left-right pair of inflatable part, and comprise the cyclic | annular airbag by planar view as a whole. Vehicle seat. The first inflatable part and the second inflatable part are formed by partitioning a single bag with a partition wall,
The vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the valve structure is provided in the partition wall. The vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A seat belt device for restraining a seated passenger of the vehicle seat by shoulder webbing and lap webbing;
A car equipped with.

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