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US 8,011,689 B2Granted
Airbag apparatus for vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorByung Seok Kong
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an airbag apparatus for vehicles, which is capable of minimizing the loss of pressure of an airbag cushion. The airbag housing of the airbag apparatus accommodates an airbag cushion which is deployed through an opening. An airbag deployment door is placed to face the opening and separated from the cut notch of a crash pad cover when the airbag cushion is deployed. A chute is connected to a surface of the airbag deployment door through a curved hinge portion which is placed to be parallel to the sidewall of the airbag housing.
Claims8
An airbag apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag housing having an opening and retaining an airbag cushion therein, and through which the airbag cushion is configured to be deployed;
- an airbag deployment door placed to cover the opening, and separated from a crash pad cover when the airbag cushion is deployed;
- a chute connected to a surface of the airbag deployment door through a curved hinge portion which is placed adjacent to a sidewall of the airbag housing;
- a pad holding plate connected to the crash pad cover and the chute, but not connected to the curved hinge portion, wherein the pad holding plate secured to a back portion of the crash pad cover;
- a door reinforcing plate secured to a back portion of the airbag deployment door;
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- a support plate alternately connected to the pad holding plate and the door reinforcing plate;
- wherein the curved hinge portion is formed in a creased shape, so that the curved hinge portion straightens in a forward direction of the opening when the airbag cushion is deployed, thus rotating the airbag deployment door to be approximately straight with a deploying direction of the airbag cushion;
- and
- wherein the pad holding plate is detached from the support plate when the airbag cushion is deployed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.