Roof mounted airbag
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsGa Ram JEONG, Sang Won HWANGBO, Hae Kwon PARK
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Abstract
A roof mounted airbag is proposed. The roof mounted airbag includes: an airbag cushion having an upper portion fixed to a roof of a vehicle and configured to be expanded downward when gas is supplied therein; a vent hole formed on the airbag cushion, and configured to discharge the gas in the airbag cushion to the outside of the airbag cushion during opening of the vent hole; and a closing tether having a first end fixed to the roof of the vehicle, and a second end connected to the vent hole to close the vent hole when tension is applied thereto.
Claims10
A roof mounted airbag comprising:
- an airbag cushion having an upper portion fixed to a roof of a vehicle and configured to expand downward when gas is supplied thereto;
- a vent hole formed on the airbag cushion and configured, when opened, to discharge the supplied gas externally from the airbag cushion;
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- a closing tether having a first end connected to the roof of the vehicle and a second end connected to the vent hole, and configured to close the vent hole when a tension is applied thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.