Curtain airbag assembly
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorGeon Woong Moon
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Abstract
A curtain airbag assembly is provided which includes a curtain airbag module in which a curtain airbag cushion is fixedly folded and a twist prevention tether disposed parallel to the curtain airbag module in a longitudinal direction of the curtain airbag module. Fixing holes may be formed in front and rear ends of the curtain airbag cushion, and the twist prevention tether may be fixedly fitted into the fixing holes. The twist prevention tether is configured to be twisted when a twist occurs in the curtain airbag module to thereby to provide tension in a direction opposite to a twist direction to counteract and prevent the twist.
Claims8
A curtain airbag assembly comprising:
- a curtain airbag module in which a curtain airbag cushion is fixedly folded;
- and
- a twist prevention tether disposed parallel to the curtain airbag module in a longitudinal direction of the curtain airbag module;
- and
- a front end and a rear end of the curtain airbag cushion containing fixing holes,
- wherein:
- the twist prevention tether passes through the fixing holes at the front end and the rear end of the curtain airbag cushion and is then fixed to the curtain airbag module at the front end and the rear end of the curtain airbag cushion, and
- the twist prevention tether is configured to be twisted when a twist of the curtain airbag module occurs in a twist direction to provide tension in a direction opposite to that of the twist direction to prevent the twist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.