External Airbag System of Vehicle
AssigneesKia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
InventorYong Sun KIM
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Abstract
An external airbag system of a vehicle may include an airbag housing that is disposed behind a bumper of the vehicle and is allowed to slide straight in a forward direction, an airbag cushion that is disposed inside the airbag housing, a sliding device that moves the airbag housing in a forward direction, and an airbag controller that controls the airbag cushion and the sliding device according to information of sensing device.
Claims21
An external airbag system of a vehicle comprising:
- an airbag housing disposed behind a bumper of the vehicle and disengagably connected to a stationary member of the vehicle;
- an airbag cushion that is disposed inside the airbag housing;
- a sliding device that moves the airbag housing in a forward direction of the vehicle;
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- an airbag controller that activates an inflator of the airbag cushion and the sliding device according to information of sensing device, wherein the airbag housing is allowed to slide in the forward direction by the sliding device.
The external airbag system as defined in claim 8, wherein the upper bracket includes anti-pushing hole that locks anti-pushing plate therein to prevent the airbag housing from being pushed backwards once the airbag housing slides in the forward direction.
An external airbag system of a vehicle comprising:
- an airbag housing disposed behind a bumper of the vehicle and disengagably connected to a stationary member of the vehicle;
- an airbag cushion that is disposed inside the airbag housing;
- a sliding device that moves the airbag housing in a forward direction of the vehicle;
- a radar sensor that detects an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
- a camera sensor that detects shape of an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
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- a sensor control unit that is connected to an airbag controller to provide information received from the radar sensor and the camera sensor,
An external airbag system of a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag housing connected to a stationary member, which is positioned at front lower portion of the vehicle, to be positioned at rear lower portion of a bumper at front portion of the vehicle;
- an airbag cushion disposed in the airbag housing;
- an inflator disposed at rear portion inside the airbag housing to supply inflation gas into the airbag cushion;
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- an airbag controller controlling operation of the inflator.
The external airbag system comprising:
- an airbag housing connected to a stationary member, which is positioned at front lower portion of the vehicle, to be positioned at rear lower portion of a bumper at front portion of the vehicle;
- an airbag cushion disposed in the airbag housing;
- an inflator disposed at rear portion inside the airbag housing to supply inflation gas into the airbag cushion;
- a radar sensor that detects an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
- a camera sensor that detects shape of an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
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- a sensor control unit that is connected to an airbag controller to provide the information received from the radar sensor and the camera sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.