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US 2009/0152853 A1Published application
Passenger Airbag Structure of Vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorKyungtaek LIM
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Abstract
The present invention provides a passenger airbag structure that prevents an airbag cushion from directly shocking a child in a passenger seat to secure safety of the child by controlling the flow of an inflation gas in an early inflation of the airbag cushion and has the same of improved performance in protecting an adult by inflating the airbag cushion in the same shape as in the related art, when the airbag cushion has completely inflated.
Claims19
A passenger airbag structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag housing that is disposed inside a crash pad such that an airbag cushion inflates upwards therethrough;
- a gas guide tether attached to the airbag housing in the airbag cushion and guiding an inflation gas upwards from the airbag housing;
- a cushion tether with one end attached to the gas guide tether and the other end attached to the airbag cushion;
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- a gas flow turning member that branches off flow of the inflation gas by deforming the gas guide tether using a force applied by the cushion tether, in a predetermined time period after the airbag cushion starts to inflate.
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