Tether clip
AssigneesKia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
InventorsHyun Kim, Hee Sang Park, June Kyu Park, Jun Mo Ku
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Abstract
A tether clip apparatus preventing an A pillar from completely separating from a car body at the time of deploying an airbag, may include a pillar fixing clip fixed to the A pillar, a car body fixing clip configured to be fixed to a car body panel, inserted with the pillar fixing clip, and preventing the A pillar from completely separating from the car body panel while moving within the pillar fixing clip at the time of deploying the airbag, and a metal clip elastically supporting the pillar fixing clip and the car body fixing clip so as not to separate from each other.
Claims9
A tether clip apparatus preventing an A pillar from completely separating from a car body at the time of deploying an airbag, the tether clip comprising:
- a pillar fixing clip fixed to the A pillar;
- a car body fixing clip configured to be fixed to a car body panel, inserted with the pillar fixing clip, and preventing the A pillar from completely separating from the car body panel while moving within the pillar fixing clip at the time of deploying the airbag;
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- a metal clip elastically supporting the pillar fixing clip and the car body fixing clip so as not to separate from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.