Driver-side airbag device
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung Gu Kang, Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
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Abstract
A driver-side airbag device includes: a mounting plate; a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto; a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion; a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid; and a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated.
Claims14
A driver-side airbag device comprising:
- a mounting plate installed on a steering wheel;
- a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto;
- a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid, the movable lid configured to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion;
- a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid;
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- a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated,
- wherein the decoration part comprises:
- a glass including a light transmitting material;
- an inner panel disposed between the glass and the movable lid, the inner panel facing the glass;
- a ring-shaped fixed body located in front of the glass and disposed along an outer edge of the glass;
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- a protruding member having a head member protruding rearward from the fixed body, penetrating the glass, the inner panel, the connector, and the movable lid, and being caught on the rear surface of the movable lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.