US 11,938,886 B2
Curtain airbag apparatus for vehicle
Ji Hyuk Im, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,546.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0041781 (KR), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311805 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/232 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/232 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curtain airbag apparatus for a vehicle, the curtain airbag apparatus comprising:
a mounting tab having an upper end adapted to be coupled to a vehicle body and extending downward, the mounting tab being folded in an upward/downward direction so that portions of the mounting tab overlap one another, and having a decreased vertical length in an assembled state;
a cushion folded in the assembled state and coupled to a lower end of the mounting tab, the cushion being configured to move downward when inflated; and
a tab strap extending to surround the folded cushion and having one end coupled to the mounting tab and another end fixed to the mounting tab,
wherein when the cushion is deployed, a folded portion of the mounting tab is unfolded such that the mounting tab is extended and a position of the cushion is moved downward;
wherein a cut-out region is formed at the one end of the tab strap, and the mounting tab penetrates the cut-out region, such that the one end of the tab strap is fixed to the mounting tab in a state in which the tab strap surrounds the folded cushion; and
wherein the mounting tab has a protrusion formed on a portion that adjoins the cut-out region of the tab strap, and the one end of the tab strap is fixed to the mounting tab as the cut-out region is caught by the protrusion.