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US 8,573,634 B2Granted
Center curtain air bag apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJun Yeol Choi, Dae Young Kwak
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Abstract
A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle efficiently protects a rear seat passenger with an air bag cushion that is deployed during a car collision accident.
Claims10
A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air bag housing installed to folded and stored along a roof panel in a left and right direction of a car body, between a front seat and a rear seat;
- an inflator fixed to the air bag housing that generates air bag gas by an explosive operation by a control signal from an air bag ECU;
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- an air bag cushion including an upper end fixed to the air bag housing and a plurality of chambers, wherein the air bag cushion is folded to be adhered closely to the air bag housing and then is deployed downward toward a floor panel by a pressure produced when the inflator is exploded;
- wherein the airbag cushion is connected to an intermediate portion of a side curtain airbag so that movement of the air bag cushion in a traverse direction of the vehicle is minimized when a pressure is applied to the air bag cushion.
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