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US 2016/0096503 A1Published application
Airbag apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorHyo Bae LEE
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Abstract
An airbag apparatus in which an airbag is deployed while maintaining appropriate deployment pressure. A tether is tightened by deployment force of a sub-cushion, and pulls a hidden cushion disposed in a main cushion so that the hidden cushion is deployed, such that a volume in the main cushion is reduced by the hidden cushion, thereby maintaining deployment pressure of the main cushion.
Claims20
An airbag apparatus comprising:
- a main cushion configured to be inflated when gas flows into the main cushion, and be deployed toward a passenger;
- a sub-cushion coupled to the main cushion, disposed in the main cushion, and configured to be deployed to the outside of the main cushion by gas in the main cushion;
- a hidden cushion coupled to the main cushion, and disposed in the main cushion;
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- a tether coupled to the sub-cushion and the hidden cushion, and configured to pull the hidden cushion by deployment force of the sub-cushion so that the hidden cushion is deployed.
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An airbag apparatus comprising:
- a main cushion comprising at least one sub-cushion which protrudes when gas flows thereinto;
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- a hidden cushion coupled to the main cushion,
- wherein the hidden cushion is pulled into the main cushion and reduces a volume in the main cushion when the sub-cushion protrudes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.