Roof airbag device for vehicle

• US 8,807,593 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Chang Hyun, Choi, Jun Yeol, Lee, Un Koo
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming, Faye M.
• Application Number:
  US13/932,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20130292927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.1, 280/728.2
• US Class Current: 280/730.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/233 comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other B60R21/232 takes precedence

Abstract

A roof airbag device includes an outer cushion and an inner cushion. The outer cushion includes a left wing part and a right wing part, which are oppositely disposed about the passenger'"'"'s head, an upper cushion part connecting the left and right wing parts, and an outlet hole through which an inflation gas from an inflator is transferred. The inner cushion is disposed between the left and right wing parts, and has an inlet hole through which the inflation gas is supplied, and a discharge hole through which the inflation gas is discharged.

Claims

1. A roof airbag device for a vehicle, comprising:

an outer cushion having, when inflated, a inverted-U shape, a circumferential wall of which extends longitudinally, and including a left wing part and a right wing part, which are oppositely disposed to define a head-receiving region, an upper cushion part connecting the left and right wing parts, and an outlet hole through which an inflation gas from an inflator is flows; and

an inner cushion disposed between the left and right wing parts, and having an inlet hole through which the inflation gas is supplied from the outer cushion via the outlet hole of the outer cushion, and a discharge hole through which the inflation gas is discharged to the outside.

2. The roof airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the left and right wing parts of the outer cushion is configured to restrain a passenger'"'"'s shoulders from moving forwards when the outer cushion is inflated, and the inner cushion is formed as a single unit that protrudes from a lower side toward an upper side thereof to fill the head-receiving region between the left and right wing parts.

3. The roof airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the upper cushion part of the outer cushion connects upper portions of the left and right wing parts, and is equipped therein with the inflator.

4. The roof airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the outlet hole is provided on either one or more of inner surfaces at lower sides of the left and right wing parts of the outer cushion, the inlet hole is provided on either one or more of opposite surfaces at a lower side of the inner cushion that correspond to the position of the outlet hole, and the discharge hole is provided at a front side of the inner cushion.

5. The roof airbag device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a lower portion of the inner cushion is fixed to the left and right wing parts, and an upper portion of the inner cushion is separated from the left and right wing parts.