US 11,938,889 B2
Air bag
Jung Geun Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,025.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0120220 (KR), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075554 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/237 (2006.01); B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/237 (2013.01) [B60R 21/203 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air bag comprising:
a first folded part configured to be folded into a first number of folds in a vertical direction of an air bag cushion and unfolded during deployment to increase a vertical length of the air bag cushion; and
a second folded part configured to be folded into a second number of folds in leftward and rightward directions of the air bag cushion and unfolded during deployment to increase a transverse length of the air bag cushion, the first number of folds being greater than the second number of folds,
wherein the first folded part has an upper portion having a volume that is expanded larger than a volume of a lower portion of the first folded part during deployment of the air bag cushion, and in a state before the air bag cushion is deployed, based on a center of the air bag cushion, the first folded part is configured to be folded to an upper portion of the air bag cushion, but not to a lower portion of the air bag cushion.