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Side airbag for automobile and method of folding the same

  • US 20030006587A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2002
  • Published: 01/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A side airbag for an automobile installed to the side of a chair back of an automobile and having an inflator which supplies gas by explosion upon receiving of a signal through an electric wire when the automobile crashes, the side airbag comprising:

  • a first airbag module (100) including first and second cushion pads (130, 140) having extensions (133, 143) with a plurality of insert holes (132, 142) on one side and combined each other to form a second chamber (131) for filling gas therein, and an inner cushion pad (150), which is folded in a half to form a first chamber (151) between the first and second cushion pads (130, 140) and has a plurality of first gas exhaust holes (152) formed upward thereon and an inflator-mounting portion (158) which is piled with the extensions (133, 143); and

    an inflator module (170) including a fixing member (180) having first and second mounting holes (182, 186) into which both sides of the inflator are inserted, the fixing member (180) fixing the first airbag module (100) to the inside of the side of the chair back by inserting outwardly protruded screws (184) thereof into the insert holes (132, 142) of the first and second cushion pads (130, 140) and into an insert hole (156) of the inner cushion pad (150).

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