Tether clip
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
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.
Claims8
A tether clip apparatus preventing an A pillar from completely seperating from a car body at a 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;
- wherein the pillar fixing clip includes:
- a pillar fixing part provided at an end of the pillar fixing clip and fixed to the A pillar;
- a first pre-assembling part provided at a middle portion of the pillar fixing clip and extending from the pillar fixing part, wherein the first pre-assembling part is pre-assembled with a second pre-assembling part of the car body fixing clip to regulate a deploying force of the airbag;
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- a separation preventing part provided at an other end of the pillar fixing clip, wherein the separation preventing part is coupled to a hook of the car body fixing clip at the time of deploying the airbag to prevent the pillar fixing clip from being drawn out after the pillar fixing clip is drawn out by a predetermined distance from the car body fixing clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.