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External airbag module for vehicle and back beam for mounting external airbag module

  • US 8,672,078 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2011
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external airbag module for a vehicle, installed to be located in a space between a back beam and a front bumper, the external airbag module comprising:

  • an airbag bracket secured to a front of the back beam and accommodated in the back beam;

    an inflator secured to the airbag bracket and accommodated in the back beam;

    an airbag cushion surrounding the airbag bracket and the inflator, and secured to the back beam together with the airbag bracket;

    a heat shielding member fitted between the airbag bracket and the airbag cushion, shaped into an arc that is open at a front thereof and surrounds the inflator to prevent the airbag cushion from being damaged by explosion heat of the inflator; and

    a gas guider fitted between the airbag cushion and the heat shielding member and installed to surround the inflator, with a plurality of gas discharge holes being formed on a front of the gas guider to guide a flow of airbag gas forwards.

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