Passenger seat air-bag module

• US 8,196,954 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2009
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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, Jun Yeol
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N
• Assistant Examiner(s): BECK, KAREN
• Application Number:
  US12/622,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20110049849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.2, 280/728.1, 280/728.2, 280/728.3, 280/731, 280/732, 280/742, 280/743.1, 280/743.2, 297/216.1
• US Class Current: 280/728.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/207 in vehicle seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2165 characterised by a tear line for defining a deployment opening
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2176 the air bag components being completely enclosed in a soft or semi-rigid housing or cover

Abstract

A passenger seat air-bag module, may include a cushion plate on which an air-bag cushion is provided, the cushion plate mounted to a vehicle body, an inflator unit secured to the cushion plate and providing gas pressure to the air-bag cushion, and a seat cover secured at a first side thereof to the inflator unit and the cushion plate and secured at a second side thereof to the cushion plate to cover an outer portion of the air-bag cushion.

Claims

1. A passenger seat air-bag module, comprising:

a cushion plate on which an air-bag cushion is provided, the cushion plate mounted to a vehicle body;

an inflator unit secured to the cushion plate and providing gas pressure to the air-bag cushion; and

a seat cover secured at a first side thereof to the inflator unit and the cushion plate and secured at a second side thereof to the cushion plate to cover an outer portion of the air-bag cushion;

wherein a front hook piece and a rear bracket which are bent outwards are provided, respectively, on front and rear edges of the cushion plate respectively; and

wherein the front hook piece is provided on the front edge of the cushion plate to fasten the second side of the seat cover and the rear bracket is provided on the rear edge of the cushion plate to fasten the first side of the seat cover and/or mount the cushion plate to the vehicle body.

2. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the second side of the seat cover includes a longitudinal seat cover having a front hook hole into which the front hook piece is inserted and fastened thereto.

3. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rear bracket includes a rear hook piece for catching and fastening the first side of the seat cover, and/or a fastening bracket for fastening the cushion plate to the vehicle body.

4. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 3, wherein rear hook holes are formed in the first side of the seat cover and the first side of the seat cover is fastened to the cushion plate while the rear hook piece is coupled to the first side of the seat cover through the rear hook holes.

5. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a side bracket provided on each of opposite lateral side edges of the cushion plate and bent outwards to fasten the cushion plate to the vehicle body.

6. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 5, wherein the second side of the seat cover includes a transverse seat cover having a subsidiary hook hole into which the side bracket is inserted and fastened thereto.

7. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, wherein a subsidiary hook piece which is bent inwards is provided on each of the opposite lateral side edges of the cushion plate to catch and fasten lateral edges of the second side of the seat cover.

8. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 7, wherein the second side of the seat cover includes a transverse seat cover having a subsidiary hook hole into which the subsidiary hook piece is inserted and fastened thereto.

9. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a mounting bracket mounted to the cushion plate.

10. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 9, wherein the inflator unit comprises:

an inflator for providing the gas pressure to the air-bag cushion;

an inflator bracket mounting the inflator thereon; and

a fastening member fastening the inflator bracket to the cushion plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the inflator bracket, the first side of the seat cover, the cushion plate, and the mounting bracket to assemble the inflator bracket, the seat cover, the cushion plate, and the mounting bracket with each other.

11. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 10, wherein an inflator hole corresponding to the inflator unit and a fastening hole fastened to the cushion plate via the fastening member are formed in the first side of the seat cover.

12. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the inflator unit comprises:

an inflator for providing the gas pressure to the air-bag cushion;

an inflator bracket mounting the inflator thereon; and

a fastening member fastening the inflator bracket to the cushion plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the inflator bracket, the first side of the seat cover and the cushion plate to assemble the inflator bracket, the seat cover and the cushion plate with each other.

13. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 12, wherein an inflator hole corresponding to the inflator unit and a fastening hole fastened to the cushion plate via the fastening member are formed in the first side of the seat cover.

14. The passenger seat air-bag module as set forth in claim 1, wherein a tear seam is formed on the second side of the seat cover so that the air-bag cushion is deployed through the tear seam in the event of a vehicle collision, and is formed in one shape selected from an “

H”

shape, a “

U”

shape, or an “

I”

shape.