Curtain airbag apparatus

• US 10,556,565 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2017
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jong Seob
• Primary Examiner(s): Ilan, Ruth
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johns, Hilary L
• Application Number:
  US15/688,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20180065588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 2807282
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23308 the individual compartments defining the external shape of the bag
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2346 Soft diffusers

Abstract

A curtain airbag apparatus may include: an inflator part configured to inject gas; a main cushion part expanded by the gas injected from the inflator part, and coupled to a car body; and a cushion moving part interposed between the main cushion part and the car body, and expanded by the gas injected from the inflator part so as to move the main cushion part. The gas transferred to the cushion moving part may be passed through the cushion moving part and transferred to the main cushion part.

Claims

1. A curtain airbag apparatus of a vehicle comprising:

an inflator part configured to generate gas in response to a collision;

an airbag connected to the inflator part and configured to inflate using the gas from the inflator part, wherein the airbag comprises a main cushion part and a secondary cushion part; and

a cushion mounting guide coupled to a vehicle body, wherein the cushion mounting guide extends between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixed to the vehicle body and the second end is coupled to the airbag,

wherein, in a folded state of the airbag, the secondary cushion part is located on one side of the cushion mounting guide and the main cushion part is disposed on the other side of the cushion mounting guide such that the second end of the cushion mounting guide is interposed between the secondary cushion part and the main cushion part and further such that the secondary cushion part is located between the vehicle body and the cushion mounting guide,

wherein, when the airbag inflates, the secondary cushion part is configured to inflate between the cushion mounting guide and the vehicle body to push the second end of the cushion mounting guide and the main cushion part away from the vehicle body, and the main cushion part is configured to inflate in a state that the main cushion part has moved away from the vehicle body.

2. The curtain airbag apparatus of claim 1, wherein the airbag comprises a gas transfer guide part configured to guide the gas from the inflator part to the secondary cushion part.

3. The curtain airbag apparatus of claim 2, wherein the gas transfer guide part comprises:

a guide cushion installed in the airbag;

a guide injection part installed in the guide cushion and having the inflator part inserted therein; and

a gas transfer part installed in the guide cushion, and opened toward the secondary cushion part so as to transfer the gas introduced into the guide cushion to the secondary cushion part.

4. The curtain airbag apparatus of claim 3, wherein the gas transfer guide part further comprises a gas guide hole for guiding the gas introduced into the guide cushion to a predetermined location of the main cushion part.

5. The curtain airbag apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary cushion part is located above a pillar trim.

6. The curtain airbag apparatus of claim 1, wherein when inflating the secondary cushion part, the cushion mounting guide is to be deformed such that the second end moves away from the vehicle body while the first end is fixed to the vehicle body.