AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE

• US 20140333051A1
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: JO, Kum Ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,180,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration

Abstract

An airbag for a vehicle of the present invention includes: an inflator; and an airbag cushion, in which first and second slits are formed in the airbag cushion so as to be spaced apart at a predetermined distance, and one end of the inflator is inserted into the airbag cushion through the first slit, and then protrudes to the outside of the airbag cushion through the second slit, and as a result, the inflator is securely and conveniently coupled to the airbag cushion.

Claims

1. An airbag for a vehicle, comprising:

an inflator; and

an airbag cushion in which the inflator is installed,

wherein first and second slits are formed in the airbag cushion so as to be spaced apart at a predetermined distance, and one end of the inflator is inserted into the airbag cushion through the first slit, and then protrudes to the outside of the airbag cushion through the second slit.

2. The airbag of claim 1, wherein a squib is formed at the one end of the inflator.

3. The airbag of claim 1, wherein the inflator has at least one stud, and a hole through which the stud protrudes to the outside is formed in the airbag cushion.

4. The airbag of claim 3, wherein the hole is formed between the first and second slits.

5. The airbag of claim 3, wherein a plurality of studs is formed on the inflator so as to be spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the inflator, and

a plurality of holes through which the plurality of studs protrudes to the outside is formed in the airbag cushion so as to be spaced apart from each other between the first and second slits.

6. The airbag of claim 5, wherein a gas discharge port is formed in the inflator between the plurality of studs.

7. The airbag of claim 5, wherein a separation distance between the plurality of holes is shorter than a separation distance between the plurality of studs.

8. The airbag of claim 1, wherein a length of the second slit is one-half of a circumference of the one end of the inflator or smaller than a diameter of the one end of the inflator.

9. The airbag of claim 1, wherein a reinforcing fabric, which covers a portion where the inflator is installed, is attached to the airbag cushion.

10. The airbag of claim 9, wherein a squib hole through which a squib formed at the one end of the inflator protrudes is formed in the reinforcing fabric.

11. The airbag of claim 10, wherein a plurality of studs is formed in the inflator, and a plurality of stud holes through which the plurality of studs protrudes is formed in the reinforcing fabric.

12. The airbag of claim 11, wherein a stud hole among the plurality of stud holes, which is at least adjacent to the squib hole, is formed in a rectangular shape that has a longer length in an upward and downward direction.

13. The airbag of claim 11, wherein a diameter of a stud hole among the plurality of stud holes, which is spaced farthest apart from the squib hole, is smaller than a diameter of the stud.

14. The airbag of claim 10, wherein a separation distance between the plurality of stud holes is shorter than a separation distance between the studs.