Seat airbag for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHyock In Kwon
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Abstract
A seat airbag for a vehicle is installed in a side part of a seat back and an airbag cushion thereof is deployed forward. A front portion of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper location, a chest chamber disposed at a central location and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower location. The airbag protects a vehicle occupant while wrapping around the occupant with use of a first tether to a fourth tether that are integrally formed into a single string and connect the respective chambers to each other.
Claims21
A seat airbag for a vehicle installed in a side part of a seat back, an airbag cushion thereof deployed forward, and a front portion of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper location, a chest chamber disposed at a central location and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower location, the airbag comprising:
- a first tether disposed at an inner side of the cushion facing a vehicle occupant, and having a first end connected to a gas injection portion of the side part of the seat back and a second end connected to the chest chamber;
- a second tether disposed at the inner side of the cushion, and having a first end connected to the second end of the first tether and a second end connected to the head chamber;
- a third tether disposed at an outer side of the cushion opposite the vehicle occupant, and having a first end connected to the second end of the second tether and a second end connected to the pelvis chamber;
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- a fourth tether disposed at the inner side of the cushion, and having a first end connected to the second end of the third tether and a second end connected to the chest chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.