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Granted Patent B2
US 10,106,119 · App. 15/333,396 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Curtain airbag for vehicle

Inventor: Chang Jin Oh (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corp.
B60R21/232B60R21/21B60R21/2338
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Patent No.
US 10,106,119
App. No.
15/333,396
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion including a rear panel disposed at a door window side of the vehicle and a front panel disposed inside the vehicle, a protrusion formed by bending the curtain airbag cushion to protrude toward the inside of the vehicle, and connections for attaching upper and lower ends of a protruding part of the protrusion.

Claims (16)

1. A curtain airbag for a vehicle comprising:

a curtain airbag cushion comprising a rear panel disposed at a door window side of the vehicle and a front panel disposed inside the vehicle;

a protrusion formed by bending the curtain airbag cushion to protrude toward the inside of the vehicle;

connections for attaching upper and lower ends of a protruding part of the protrusion; and,

a panel tether disposed at the door window side of the rear panel, the panel tether crossing the protrusion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and front and rear ends of the panel tether being fixed to the curtain airbag cushion;

wherein the front panel of the curtain airbag cushion is formed with a length longer than the rear panel; and

wherein when an edge of the front panel and an edge of the rear panel overlap, the front panel is folded corresponding to a length difference between the front and rear panels to protrude and form the protrusion.

2. The curtain airbag according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is disposed behind a front airbag from a viewpoint of a front of the vehicle upon deploying of the curtain airbag.

3. A curtain airbag cushion comprising:

a curtain airbag cushion comprising a rear panel disposed at a door window side of the vehicle and a front panel disposed inside the vehicle;

a protrusion formed by bending the curtain airbag cushion to protrude toward the inside of the vehicle;

connections for attaching upper and lower ends of a protruding part of the protrusion; and,

a panel tether disposed between the front and rear panels, the panel tether crossing the protrusion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and front and rear ends of the panel tether being fixed to the front panel;

wherein the front panel of the curtain airbag cushion is formed with a length longer than the rear panel; and

wherein when an edge of the front panel and an edge of the rear panel overlap, the front panel is folded corresponding to a length difference between the front and rear panels to protrude and form the protrusion.

4. The curtain airbag according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusion is disposed behind a front airbag from a viewpoint of a front of the vehicle upon deploying of the curtain airbag.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2016
From: OH, CHANG JIN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORP.
Reel/Frame 040117/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0070690 · Jun 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170355343A1 · Dec 14, 2017