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US 9,789,842 B2Granted
Passenger airbag apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorSeok Min Shin
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Abstract
According to a passenger airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a left chamber portion and a right chamber portion protrude forward at a front side of an airbag so as to be spaced apart from each other in a left and right direction, and a groove tether pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, and as a result, a groove is formed at the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion.
Claims13
A passenger airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag which is deployed forward toward a passenger when gas flows into the airbag, and has a left chamber portion that protrudes forward at a left side of a front side of the airbag, and a right chamber portion that protrudes forward at a right side of the front side of the airbag so as to be spaced apart from the left chamber portion;
- a groove tether which is coupled to an inner surface of the front side of the airbag, between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion which are spaced apart from each other, and left and right sides of the airbag, and pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, which are spaced apart from each other, as the airbag is inflated;
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- at least one auxiliary tether which is coupled to an outer surface of the front side of the airbag so as to be elongated in a left and right direction.
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A passenger airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag which is deployed forward toward a passenger when gas flows into the airbag, and has a left chamber portion that protrudes forward at a left side of a front side of the airbag, and a right chamber portion that protrudes forward at a right side of the front side of the airbag so as to be spaced apart from the left chamber portion;
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- a groove tether which is coupled to the front side of the airbag, between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion which are spaced apart from each other, and left and right sides of the airbag, and pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, which are spaced apart from each other, as the airbag is inflated,
- wherein the airbag includes a cushion which has a cushion hole formed from a right side of the left chamber portion to a left side of the right chamber portion, and a groove panel which is coupled to a front side of the cushion while shielding the cushion hole, and the groove tether is coupled to the groove panel and the left and right sides of the cushion, and pulls the groove panel as the cushion is inflated,
- wherein the cushion includes:
- a main panel which forms the front side of the airbag, and has the cushion hole;
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- a pair of side panels which has circumferences coupled to both sides of the main panel to form the left side and the right side of the airbag, and has protruding portions that protrude forward at positions corresponding to the cushion hole,
- wherein one end of the main panel, at which a first inflator insertion hole into which a head portion of the inflator for generating gas is inserted is formed, and the other end of the main panel, at which a second inflator insertion hole into which the head portion of the inflator is inserted is formed, overlap each other.
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A passenger airbag apparatus comprising:
- an airbag which is deployed forward toward a passenger when gas flows into the airbag, and has a left chamber portion that protrudes forward at a left side of a front side of the airbag, and a right chamber portion that protrudes forward at a right side of the front side of the airbag so as to be spaced apart from the left chamber portion;
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- a groove tether which is coupled to the front side of the airbag, between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion which are spaced apart from each other, and left and right sides of the airbag, and pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, which are spaced apart from each other, as the airbag is inflated,
- wherein the airbag includes a cushion which has a cushion hole formed from a right side of the left chamber portion to a left side of the right chamber portion, and a groove panel which is coupled to a front side of the cushion while shielding the cushion hole, and the groove tether is coupled to the groove panel and the left and right sides of the cushion, and pulls the groove panel as the cushion is inflated,
- wherein the cushion hole includes:
- a first cushion hole which is formed at a right side of the left chamber portion;
- a second cushion hole which is formed at a left side of the right chamber portion so as to correspond to the first cushion hole;
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- a third cushion hole which extends between the first cushion hole and the second cushion hole, and is positioned rearward from the first cushion hole and the second cushion hole,
- wherein the groove panel includes:
- a main shielding portion which shields the third cushion hole;
- a first side shielding portion which is folded based on a left folding line formed at a left side of the main shielding portion, and shields the first cushion hole;
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- a second side shielding portion which is folded based on a right folding line formed at a right side of the main shielding portion, and shields the second cushion hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.