Driver airbag structure

• US 9,522,647 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Jeong Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Condra, Darlene P
• Application Number:
  US14/844,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20160152205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23123 Heat protection panels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/231 characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration

Abstract

A driver airbag structure including: a front panel; a rear panel facing the front panel, and having an edge that is coupled to an edge of the front panel; and an inflator wrap which provides a space that is initially filled with gas when the airbag is deployed. The inflator wrap is provided in the front panel and the rear panel and has both ends that are fixed to both of the front panel and the rear panel.

Claims

1. A driver airbag structure comprising:

a front panel;

a rear panel facing the front panel, the rear panel comprising an edge that is coupled to an edge of the front panel; and

an inflator wrap provided in the front panel and the rear panel and having both ends that are fixed to both of the front panel and the rear panel,

wherein;

in an unfolded state, the inflator wrap comprises;

a main body;

an upper end which defines an upper portion of the main body; and

a lower end which defines a lower portion of the main body; and

in a folded state, the upper end and the lower end of the inflator wrap are directly engaged with each other by sewing to form a folded portion.

2. The driver airbag structure of claim 1, wherein the rear panel further comprises a mouth at a center portion thereof through which gas is supplied when the airbag is deployed.

3. The driver airbag structure of claim 1, wherein when the inflator wrap is sewed, the inflator wrap is configured to be drawn out from the inside of the rear panel through a mouth provided in the rear panel, an upper end and a lower end of the inflator wrap having a flat shape are engaged with each other by sewing, and the inflator wrap is configured to be insertable back into the rear panel through the mouth.

4. The driver airbag structure of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of centering guides at one side of the inflator wrap, the plurality of centering guides are configured to be in alignment with a plurality of guide points provided outside a mouth provided in the rear panel when the upper end and the lower end of the inflator wrap are engaged with each other by sewing.

5. The driver airbag structure of claim 4, wherein the centering guides of the inflator wrap are aligned with the guide points of the rear panel inside the rear panel, and thereafter, sewing in a circular manner, which includes a portion of the inflator wrap exposed through the mouth, and a folded portion of the inflator wrap, is performed.

6. The driver airbag structure of claim 4, the centering guides that are configured as four points.

7. The driver airbag structure of claim 4, the centering guide has a semi-circular shape.

8. The driver airbag structure of claim 1, wherein the inflator wrap is configured to provide a space that is initially filled with gas when the airbag is deployed.

9. The driver airbag structure of claim 1, wherein one side of the inflator wrap is coupled by sewing to the front panel and the other side of the inflator wrap is coupled by sewing to the rear panel.