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US 11,938,881 B2Granted
Airbag cushion and driver airbag
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorOh Koang Kwon
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Abstract
An airbag cushion is configured to increase a deployment supporting force thereof to prevent a risk of passenger injury, and includes a main chamber configured to be deployed from a steering wheel toward a passenger, and an air frame chamber configured to protrude and be deployed behind the main chamber into a rib shape and to support the main chamber.
Claims11
An airbag cushion comprising:
- a main chamber configured to be deployed from a steering wheel;
- and
- a plurality of air frame chambers configured to protrude radially from a center portion of the main chamber, each air frame chamber having a rib shape, and wherein, when the plurality of air frame chambers are deployed, the plurality of air frame chambers are deployed behind the main chamber to support the main chamber;
- wherein a dead zone into which gas is not filled is provided around each air frame chamber, and an outer vent hole is formed in the dead zone and communicates with the main chamber, and
- wherein a front panel and a rear panel are connected to each other by a breathable partition film located therebetween, the main chamber and each air frame chamber are respectively formed on opposite portions of the partition film, the dead zone is formed when the rear panel and the partition film are in close contact with each other.
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A driver seat airbag comprising:
- an airbag cushion comprising a main chamber and a plurality of air frame chambers configured to protrude radially from a center portion of the main chamber, each air frame chamber having a rib shape, and wherein, when the airbag cushion is deployed, the main chamber is deployed from a steering wheel and each of the plurality of air frame chambers are deployed behind the main chamber to support the main chamber;
- wherein a dead zone into which gas is not filled is provided around each air frame chamber, and an outer vent hole is formed in the dead zone and communicates with the main chamber, and
- wherein a front panel and a rear panel are connected to each other by a breathable partition film located therebetween, the main chamber and each air frame chamber are respectively formed on opposite portions of the partition film, the dead zone is formed when the rear panel and the partition film are in close contact with each other.
A driver seat airbag comprising:
- a breathable partition film dividing an inside space of an airbag cushion;
- a main chamber configured to be deployed from a first portion of the partition film and to support a driver;
- and
- a plurality of air frame chambers configured to protrude radially from a center portion of the main chamber to be deployed from a side portion of the partition film, each of the air frame chambers having a rib shape, and wherein when the plurality of air frame chambers are deployed, the plurality of air frame chambers are deployed behind the main chamber to support the main chamber;
- wherein a dead zone into which gas is not filled is provided around each air frame chamber, and an outer vent hole is formed in the dead zone and communicates with the main chamber, and
- wherein a front panel and a rear panel are connected to each other by the partition film, which is located therebetween, the main chamber and each air frame chamber are respectively formed on opposite portions of the partition film, the dead zone is formed when the rear panel and the partition film are in close contact with each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.