IP Library Granted Patent US 12,337,788
Granted Patent B2
US 12,337,788 · App. 18/529,431 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Airbag device

Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim (Incheon, KR); Jun Yong Min (Yongin-si, KR); Hyo Shub Shin (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
B60R21/232B60R21/214B60R21/23138B60R2021/23386
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Patent No.
US 12,337,788
App. No.
18/529,431
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment airbag device includes a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle and a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag.

Claims (63)

1. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag;

wherein a first support chamber is deployed from the first airbag in a shape expanding toward the second airbag; and

wherein the first support chamber and the second airbag are coupled by a first coupling device in response that the first support chamber and the second airbag are deployed.

2. The airbag device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first airbag is a curtain airbag and the second airbag is a side airbag configured to be deployed from a lateral surface of a seat; and

the first coupling device comprises:

a first side coupling part fixed to an outboard side of the side airbag; and

a first curtain coupling part fixed to an inboard side of the first support chamber, fixed to a position matched with the first side coupling part, and coupled to the first side coupling part.

3. The airbag device of claim 2 , wherein:

the first support chamber, together with the curtain airbag, is deployed toward the side airbag, and the first support chamber is coupled to the side airbag while pushing the side airbag after the side airbag is deployed;

the first support chamber is roll-folded in an outboard manner from the inboard side to the outboard side; and

the first support chamber is deployed while a roll shape is unwound from the outboard side to the inboard side in a state in which the curtain airbag is deployed.

4. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag, wherein second support chambers are deployed from the first airbag in a shape covering the second airbag, and wherein the second support chambers and the second airbag are coupled by a second coupling device.

5. The airbag device of claim 4 , wherein:

the first airbag is a curtain airbag and the second airbag is a side airbag configured to be deployed from a lateral surface of a seat;

an insertion groove portion is defined between the second support chambers at left and right sides as the second support chambers are deployed in a shape protruding downward from left and right sides of a lower end of the curtain airbag; and

an upper end of the side airbag is inserted into the insertion groove portion, and the second support chambers cover the upper end of the side airbag from the left and right sides.

6. The airbag device of claim 5 , wherein the second coupling device comprises:

a second curtain coupling part fixed to an inner surface of the insertion groove portion; and

a second side coupling part fixed to the upper end of the side airbag in a position matched with the second curtain coupling part to be coupled to the second curtain coupling part.

7. The airbag device of claim 5 , wherein a catching protrusion portion protrudes from an inner surface of the insertion groove portion, a catching groove portion is disposed at the upper end of the side airbag in a position matched with the catching protrusion portion, and the catching protrusion portion is configured to be caught by an inner portion of the catching groove portion.

8. The airbag device of claim 5 , wherein:

the second support chambers, together with the curtain airbag, are deployed toward the side airbag, and the second support chambers are coupled to the side airbag while pushing the side airbag toward the insertion groove portion after the side airbag is deployed;

the second support chambers are roll-folded outward from inside in an outboard manner; and

the second support chambers are deployed while roll shapes are unwound inward from outside in a state in which the curtain airbag is deployed.

9. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag, wherein the first airbag is deployed in a shape supporting one side of the second airbag, and wherein the first airbag and the second airbag are coupled by a third coupling device.

10. The airbag device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first airbag is a curtain airbag and the second airbag is a side airbag configured to be deployed from a lateral surface of a seat;

an upper end of the side airbag is inclined downward from an inboard side to an outboard side; and

a lower end of the curtain airbag has a shape matched with an inclination of the upper end of the side airbag, and the curtain airbag is configured to support the lateral surface of the outboard side of the side airbag.

11. The airbag device of claim 10 , wherein the third coupling device comprises:

a third side coupling part disposed on an inclined surface of the upper end of the side airbag; and

a third curtain coupling part fixed to the inclined surface of the lower end of the curtain airbag in a position matched with the third side coupling part to be coupled to the third side coupling part.

12. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag, wherein the first airbag is a curtain airbag supported on a lateral door, and wherein the curtain airbag and the lateral door are coupled by a fourth coupling device.

13. The airbag device of claim 12 , wherein the fourth coupling device comprises:

a fourth curtain coupling part fixed to a lateral surface of an outboard side of the curtain airbag; and

a door coupling part fixed to a lateral surface of an inboard side of a door trim in a position matched with the fourth curtain coupling part to be coupled to the fourth curtain coupling part.

14. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag, wherein a third support chamber is deployed from the second airbag in a shape expanding toward the first airbag, and wherein the third support chamber and the first airbag are coupled by a fifth coupling device.

15. The airbag device of claim 14 , wherein:

the first airbag is a curtain airbag and the second airbag is a front airbag configured to be deployed from a front side of a seat; and

the fifth coupling device comprises:

a front coupling part fixed to an outboard side of the third support chamber; and

a fifth curtain coupling part fixed to an inboard side of the curtain airbag in a position matched with the front coupling part to be coupled to the front coupling part.

16. The airbag device of claim 15 , wherein the third support chamber, together with the front airbag, is deployed toward the curtain airbag and the third support chamber is coupled to the curtain airbag while pushing the curtain airbag after the curtain airbag is deployed.

17. An airbag device comprising:

a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle; and

a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag overlaps the first airbag, wherein a fourth support chamber is deployed from the second airbag in a shape expanding toward the first airbag, and wherein the fourth support chamber and the first airbag are coupled by a sixth coupling device.

18. The airbag device of claim 17 , wherein:

the first airbag is a curtain airbag and the second airbag is a roof airbag configured to be deployed downward from a roof of the vehicle; and

the sixth coupling device comprises:

a roof coupling part fixed to an outboard side of the fourth support chamber; and

a sixth curtain coupling part fixed to an inboard side of the curtain airbag in a position matched with the roof coupling part to be coupled to the roof coupling part.

19. The airbag device of claim 18 , wherein the fourth support chamber, together with the roof airbag, is deployed toward the curtain airbag and the fourth support chamber is coupled to the roof airbag while pushing the roof airbag after the curtain airbag is deployed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2023
From: KIM, SUNG HOON; MIN, JUN YONG; SHIN, HYO SHUB
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065766/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0118356 · Sep 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250074351A1 · Mar 6, 2025
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