CUSHION OF AIR BAG SYSTEM

• US 20070296186A1
• Filed: 08/23/2006
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Hae Wook
• Application Number:
  US11/466,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20070296186A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/729
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23308 the individual compartments defining the external shape of the bag
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23316 Inner seams, e.g. creating separate compartments or used as tethering means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/233 comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other B60R21/232 takes precedence

Abstract

A cushion of an air bag system is provided. The cushion of the air bag system includes a first cushion deploying by a gas of an inflator, a second cushion formed in front of the first cushion to receive the gas from the first cushion and to deploy toward a rider, and a cushion connecting unit formed between the second cushion and the first cushion so that the second cushion is rotatably connected to the first cushion and that the internal gas of the first cushion flows into the second cushion. It is possible to prevent the rider in the OOP state from being injured and to secure the performance of protecting the rider in the normal position state. During the test of the performance of protecting the one year old child, the three year old child, and the six year old child in the OOP state of the air bag system, the injury reduction deployment of the cushion is satisfied. Since the passenger recognizing sensor and the plurality of flaps are omitted, it is possible to reduce the number, the cost, and the weight of parts of the air bag system.

Claims

1. A cushion of an air bag system comprising:

a first cushion deployable by a gas of an inflator;

a second cushion formed in front of the first cushion to receive the gas from the first cushion and to deploy toward a rider; and

a cushion connecting unit formed between the second cushion and the first cushion so that the second cushion is rotatably connected to the first cushion and that the internal gas of the first cushion flows into the second cushion.

2. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 1, wherein vent holes to discharge a gas to the outside are provided on both sides of the second cushion.

3. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second cushions and the cushion connecting unit are integrated with each other.

4. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cushion connecting unit is formed by partially sewing the connecting part of the first and second cushions.

5. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 4, wherein gas floating paths whose sections are narrower than the sections of the first and second cushions are formed in the parts that are not sewed in the cushion connecting unit.

6. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 5, wherein vent holes to discharge a gas to the outside are provided on both sides of the second cushion.

7. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion comprises:

a main panel that forms a front part, the a rear part, an upper part, and the a lower part of the cushion; and

a pair of side panels connected to the main panel to form a left side and a right side of the cushion,

wherein the cushion connecting unit is formed by partially sewing at least one panel of the intermediate parts of the main panel and the side panels.

8. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion connecting unit comprises:

sewing units that sew one side of the intermediate part between the upper part and the lower part; and

orifice units formed on sides of the intermediate part between the upper part and the lower part to function as gas floating paths.

9. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the plurality of sewing units are provided from side to side, and

wherein the orifice units are formed between the plurality of sewing units.

10. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the plurality of sewing units extend in a back to forward direction, and

wherein the orifice units are formed longitudinally by the plurality of sewing units so that the orifice units extend in a back to forward direction.

11. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the intermediate part of the lower part is bent to protrude upward to be attached to the intermediate part of the upper part, and

wherein the sewing parts are provided in the attached parts of the upper part and the lower part.

12. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the intermediate part of the upper part is bent to protrude downward to be attached to the intermediate part of the lower part, and

wherein the sewing parts are provided in the attached parts of the upper part and the lower part.

13. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the intermediate parts of the upper part and the lower part are bent, respectively, to protrude downward and upward to be attached to each other, and

wherein the sewing parts are provided in the attached parts of the upper part and the lower part.

14. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising vent holes to discharge a gas to the outside are provided on both sides of the second cushion.

15. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cushion connecting unit comprises:

sewing units that sew one side of the intermediate part between the left part and the right part; and

orifice units formed on the other side of the intermediate part between the left part and the right part to function as gas floating paths.

16. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 15,

wherein the plurality of sewing units are provided up and down, and

wherein the orifice units are formed between the plurality of sewing units.

17. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 15,

wherein the plurality of sewing units extend in a back to forward direction, and

wherein the orifice units are formed longitudinally by the plurality of sewing units so that the orifice units extend in a back to forward direction.

18. The cushion of the air bag system as claimed in claim 15, wherein vent holes to discharge a gas to the outside are provided on both sides of the second cushion.