Housing structure of an airbag

• US 7,584,987 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2006
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Hyeong Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson; Paul N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilhelm; Timothy
• Application Number:
  US11/580,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20080007031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728.2, 280/738, 280/739, 280/740, 280/742, 280/743.1
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/217 Inflation fluid source retainers, e.g. reaction canisters; Connection of bags, covers, diffusers or inflation fluid sources therewith or together
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/276 with means to vent the inflation fluid source, e.g. in case of overpressure B60R21/30 takes precedence; venting means on inflatable member walls B60R21/239
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/30 with means to draw ambient air into the flow line and mix such air with the inflation fluid

Abstract

A housing structure of an airbag includes: an airbag housing body having an airbag therein and vent holes formed therein; a partitioning plate installed to the airbag housing body and rotatable in an inward or an outward direction of the vent hole; a cover plate provided inside a slot hole formed along the width of the airbag housing body, and has a size large enough to be able to cover perforated regions of the vent holes and; a diffuser in which the first end is fixed to an outer end portion of the airbag housing body and extends along the inner surface of the airbag housing body and the second end of the diffuser being connected to the cover plate, thereby allowing gas to be generated in an inflator to push the cover plate forward.

Claims

1. A housing structure of an airbag, comprising:

an airbag housing body in which the airbag is installed and in which a plurality of vent holes are formed longitudinally along the airbag housing body and the vent holes are spaced from each other;

a partitioning plate installed to the airbag housing body inside of the vent holes to be rotatable inward and outward of the vent holes;

a cover plate having a portion that is disposed inside a slot hole formed along the width of the airbag housing body, and has a size large enough to be able to cover perforated regions of the vent holes; and

a diffuser, the first end of which is fixed to an outer end portion of the airbag housing body, and is extended into the inner surface of the airbag housing body and the second end of which is connected to the cover plate, thereby allowing gas generated in an inflator to push the cover plate upwards for selectively opening the vent holes by the partitioning plate.

2. The housing structure of an airbag of claim 1, wherein the vent holes are formed at an upper surface or a lower surface of the airbag housing body.

3. The housing structure of an airbag of claim 1, wherein the partitioning plate is made of metal or rubber.

4. The housing structure of an airbag of claim 1, wherein the cover plate is configured to be operated by a tether, the first end of which is fixed inside the airbag and the second end of which is fixed to a frontal end portion of the cover plate.