US 12,275,365 B2
Vehicle airbag
Dong Ho Kang, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/505,484.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0074593 (KR), filed on Jun. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0409056 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/237 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/23138 (2013.01) [B60R 21/217 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23308 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23386 (2013.01); B60R 21/237 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle airbag comprising:
a lower chamber configured to be installed on a side of a driver's seat and expand from the driver's seat toward a passenger's seat to fill a space between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat when deployed; and
an upper chamber configured to expand upwardly from a side of the lower chamber proximate the passenger's seat to above the lower chamber and including a portion that extends from an upper portion of the upper chamber toward the driver's seat,
wherein the lower chamber surrounds a central area in the space between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat that includes an air pocket filled with air and is configured to absorb an impact applied to the lower chamber,
wherein the lower chamber includes:
a first lower portion disposed on a side of the driver's seat;
a second lower portion disposed on a side of the passenger's seat; and
a third lower portion extending between and connecting the first lower portion and the second lower portion, and
wherein:
the first lower portion extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle;
the second lower portion extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; and
the third lower portion is connected to a rear end portion of the first lower portion and a rear end portion of the second lower portion.