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US 10,518,731 B2Granted
Center airbag apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsGa Ram Jeong, Hae Kwon Park, Jiwoon Song, Seokhoon Ko, Seok Min Lee
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Abstract
A center airbag apparatus may include: an inflator mounted in an instrument panel and configured to inject gas; a first cushion part deployed by the gas injected from the inflator, and configured to support a driver airbag; and a second cushion part connected to the first cushion part, and configured to be deployed between the driver airbag and a passenger airbag to protrude toward the rear of a vehicle based on the driver airbag.
Claims10
A center airbag apparatus, comprising:
- an inflator mounted in an instrument panel and configured to inject a gas;
- a first cushion part configured to be deployed by the gas injected from the inflator and support a driver airbag, wherein the first cushion part comprises:
- an inflator connection part connected to the inflator and configured to guide the gas injected by the inflator;
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- a driver airbag support part configured to communicate with the inflator connection part and configured to be deployed and disposed between the driver airbag and the instrument panel to support the driver airbag;
- a second cushion part connected to the first cushion part and configured to be deployed between the driver airbag and a passenger airbag and to protrude toward a rear of a vehicle relative to the driver airbag;
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- a turn angle restriction tether having a first end coupled to the driver airbag support part and a second end coupled to the inflator connection part, wherein the turn angle restriction tether is configured to restrict a deployment direction of the driver airbag support part, such that the driver airbag support part is deployed downward, wherein the turn angle restriction tether is disposed on an outside of the first cushion part and between the center airbag apparatus and the passenger airbag.
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