Air bag device
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsByeong Mann Ko, Sang Won Hwangbo
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Abstract
An airbag device and an airbag system for a vehicle are provided. The airbag device includes an airbag cushion deployed to cover a side surface and a front surface of a seat, a restraint tether connected to the airbag cushion at a position passing a body part of a passenger between an inner surface of the airbag cushion and a seatback, and a tether wire connected from a front portion of the airbag cushion through an outside space of the airbag cushion to the restraint tether so that the restraint tether is pulled in a direction opposite to the passenger by a deployment force of the airbag cushion.
Claims14
An airbag device comprising:
- an airbag cushion deployed to cover a side surface and a front surface of a seat;
- a restraint tether configured to be connected to the airbag cushion at a position passing a body part of a passenger between an inner surface of the airbag cushion and a seatback;
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- a tether wire connected from a front portion of the airbag cushion through an outside space of the airbag cushion to the restraint tether so that the restraint tether is pulled in a direction opposite to the passenger by a deployment force of the airbag cushion,
- wherein the tether wire, connected to an inner surface of a front end of the airbag cushion at a first end thereof, extends rearward inside the airbag cushion to exit the airbag cushion, and
- wherein the tether wire is connected to the restraint tether at a second end thereof.
An airbag system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an airbag cushion configured to, upon deployment, inflate a left side chamber including a left front portion, and a right side chamber including a right front portion, such that the left side chamber and the right side chamber protect respective sides of a passenger seated on a seat of the vehicle, and the left front portion and the right front portion protect a front of the passenger;
- a restraint tether connected to a seatback of the seat and configured to, upon deployment of the airbag cushion, maintain the left front chamber and the right front chamber in a position to restrain forward movement of the occupant;
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- a tether wire connected to at least one of the left front portion and the right front portion through the airbag cushion to the restraint tether, such that the restraint tether is pulled in a direction opposite to the passenger by a deployment force of the airbag cushion and does not come in contact with the passenger,
- wherein the tether wire, connected to an inner surface of a front end of the airbag cushion at a first end thereof, extends rearward inside the airbag cushion to exit the airbag cushion, and
- wherein the tether wire is connected to the restraint tether at a second end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.