Front airbag for vehicles

• US 10,363,900 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated), Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Beom Soo, An, Seung Ho, Ahn, Taeg Young, Min, Jun Yong, Lee, Sung Woo, Kim, Dong Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Beck, Karen
• Application Number:
  US15/690,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20180170302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0009 Oblique collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0044 Chest
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0048 Head
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01265 Seat belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01286 Electronic control units
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23382 Internal tether means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23384 having ends which are movable or detachable during deployment
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01 Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents electrical circuits for transmission of signals between steering wheel and the vehicle itself B60R16/027; for electrically actuating belt retractor locking means B60R22/343
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/203 in steering wheels or steering columns
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2338 Tethers

Abstract

A front airbag for vehicles including an airbag cushion may include a rear panel located at the side of a steering wheel and a front panel located at the side of a passenger and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the rear panel, the rear panel and the front panel provided with protruding supports formed at both sides of the lower end portions thereof, a first tether connecting the central part of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger'"'"'s head, to an airbag housing, and second tethers connecting the lower end portion of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger'"'"'s chest, to the airbag housing and having a shorter length than that of the first tether.

Claims

1. A front airbag for a vehicle, the front airbag comprising:

an airbag cushion including a rear panel located at a side of a steering wheel and a front panel located at a side of a passenger and having a shape corresponding to a shape of the rear panel, the rear panel and the front panel provided with protruding supports formed at a first side and a second side of lower end portions thereof;

a first tether connecting a central part of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger'"'"'s head, to an airbag housing;

a second tether connecting the lower end portion of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger'"'"'s chest, to the airbag housing and having a shorter length than a length of the first tether; and

a first sewing line connecting the front panel and the rear panel, formed at a position distanced from boundaries of the protruding supports in a direction towards a center of the front panel, and configured for fracturing when a pressure having an intensity greater than a designated value is applied to the first sewing line.

2. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 1, further including lower side panels respectively located between both protruding supports of the rear panel and the front panel and connecting the protruding supports of the rear panel and the front panel to each other.

3. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the second tether is a panel tether, and a coupled line of the second tether with the front panel is formed in a vertical direction thereof.

4. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the second tether connecting the lower end portion of the front panel includes a plurality of second tethers is provided in a width direction of the vehicle.

5. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 1, further including:

a tear chamber located between the second tether and the airbag housing;

an actuator causing a portion of gas, supplied to an airbag chamber through an inflator, to an inside of the tear chamber; and

a second sewing line penetrating the tear chamber in an undeployed state to connect the second tether to the tear chamber and configured for fracturing when gas is supplied to the inside of the tear chamber.

6. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 5, further including a controller configured to control whether the actuator is operated and to detect whether the passenger is wearing a seat belt,

wherein the controller is configured to control the actuator to not supply gas to the inside of the tear chamber when it is determined that the passenger is wearing the seat belt.

7. The front airbag for the vehicle according to claim 5, further including a controller configured to control whether the actuator is operated and to detect whether the passenger is wearing a seat belt,

wherein the controller is configured to control the actuator to supply gas to the inside of the tear chamber to fracture the second sewing line when it is determined that the passenger is not wearing the seat belt.