AIRBAG MODULE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR PASSENGER SEAT OF CAR

• US 20090091104A1
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: CHOI, Hyeongho
• Application Number:
  US11/955,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20090091104A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/207 in vehicle seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2171 specially adapted for elongated cylindrical or bottle-like inflators with a symmetry axis perpendicular to the main direction of bag deployment, e.g. extruded reaction canisters B60R21/2176 takes precedence

Abstract

A first airbag module mounting structure includes an airbag housing, and at least one band to support the housing and be attached to an instrument panel. The band may include a bracket at each end, for attachment to the instrument panel. The housing may have a groove for the band to be seated therein. A second structure includes an airbag housing, a door member attached to an instrument panel, and at least one band to support the housing and be attached to the door member. The door member may have a locking hole, and the band may include a connecting pin at each end configured to be attached in the locking hole. The door member may have a slit for the band to be disposed therethrough. The band may be two bands connected by a buckle. The band may include a hook to be attached to the housing.

Claims

1. An airbag module mounting structure, comprising:

an airbag housing; and

at least one band configured to support the housing and be attached to an instrument panel.

2. The structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the band comprises a bracket at an end thereof configured to be attached to the instrument panel from beneath the instrument panel.

3. The structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a groove configured for the band to be seated therein.

4. An airbag module mounting structure, comprising:

an airbag housing;

a door member configured to be attached to an instrument panel; and

at least one band configured to support the housing and be attached to the door member.

5. The structure as defined in claim 4, wherein a wall of the door member comprises a locking hole, and the band comprises a connecting pin at an end thereof configured to be attached in the locking hole.

6. The structure as defined in claim 5, wherein the locking hole comprises a substantially horizontal section extending inward from a surface of the wall, and a substantially vertical section distanced inward from the surface of the wall and connected to the substantially horizontal section.

7. The structure as defined in claim 4, wherein the door member comprises a slit configured for the band to be disposed therethrough.

8. The structure as defined in claim 7, wherein the band comprises two bands connected by a buckle.

9. The structure as defined in claim 7, wherein the band comprises a hook configured to be attached to the housing.