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US 12,686,355 B2Granted
Roof airbag for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok Min Lee, Dong Young Kim, Dong Joon Lee
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Abstract
A roof airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag module arranged on a roof adjacent a windshield glass of the vehicle and including an airbag chamber, and a plurality of tethers arranged in the airbag chamber in a manner of crossing each other, and each tether having a first end connected to a fixed point of the airbag module and a second end connected to an inner side of the airbag chamber to deploy together during deployment of the airbag chamber.
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A roof airbag for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag module arranged on a roof adjacent a windshield glass of the vehicle and including an airbag chamber;
- and
- a plurality of tethers arranged in the airbag chamber in a manner of crossing each other, each of the tethers having a first end connected to an inflator of the airbag module and a second end connected to an inner side of the airbag chamber to deploy together during deployment of the airbag chamber,
- wherein the tethers include a pair of first tethers and a pair of second tethers disposed at different vertical heights within the airbag chamber so as to maintain a three-dimensional deployment shape of the airbag chamber when deployed.
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A roof airbag for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag module arranged on a roof adjacent a windshield glass of the vehicle and including an airbag chamber;
- and
- a plurality of tethers arranged in the airbag chamber in a manner of crossing each other, each of the tethers having a first end connected to an inflator of the airbag module and a second end connected to an inner side of the airbag chamber to deploy together during deployment of the airbag chamber,
- wherein the tethers comprise a pair of tethers having different lengths to control a deployment direction of the airbag chamber.
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A roof airbag for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag module arranged on a roof adjacent a windshield glass and including an airbag chamber;
- an inflator disposed within the airbag module;
- and
- a plurality of tethers each having a first end fixed to a stud of the inflator and a second end connected to an inner surface of the airbag chamber, the tethers crossing each other to suppress eccentric deployment of the airbag chamber,
- wherein the tethers include first and second pairs disposed at different heights to maintain a three-dimensional deployment shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.