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US 12,728,814 B2Granted
Vehicle curtain airbag apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJu Kyung Kim, Byeong Mann Ko
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Abstract
A vehicle curtain airbag apparatus includes an airbag cushion disposed on a side portion of a vehicle and including an active area inflated by gas and a plurality of inactive areas into which the gas is not introduced and a control tether to assist deployment of the airbag cushion. The control tether connects the plurality of inactive areas of the airbag cushion in a state in which a portion of the airbag cushion is folded.
Claims8
A vehicle curtain airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag cushion disposed on a side portion of a vehicle and including an active area configured to be inflated by gas and a plurality of inactive areas into which the gas is not introduced;
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- a control tether comprising a main body forming an exterior thereof and configured to assist deployment of the airbag cushion,
- wherein the control tether connects the plurality of inactive areas of the airbag cushion in a state in which a portion of the airbag cushion is folded to form a folded portion, and
- wherein the control tether includes a slit formed therein and configured to assist rupture of the main body of the control tether while the airbag cushion deploys to unfold the folded portion of the airbag cushion.
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A vehicle curtain airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag cushion disposed on a side portion of a vehicle and folded through a first folding process of folding a portion of the airbag cushion with respect to a first direction as a center and a second folding process of rolling the airbag cushion with respect to a second direction as an axis direction after the first folding process;
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- a control tether coupled to the airbag cushion,
- wherein the airbag cushion includes an active area configured to be inflated by gas and a plurality of inactive areas into which the gas is not introduced,
- wherein the control tether is fixed to one of the plurality of inactive areas of the airbag cushion after the first folding process of the airbag cushion is completed,
- the airbag cushion is configured to deploy through a first unfolding process of releasing a rolled state through the second folding process and a second unfolding process of releasing a folded state through the first folding process after the first unfolding process is completed, and
- the control tether is configured to be ruptured while the second unfolding process of the airbag cushion is performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.