US 12,296,778 B1
Vehicle passenger protection system
Yun Jeong Hwang, Changwon-Si (KR); Joon Ho Lee, Gangnam-Gu (KR); Jun U Kim, Seongnam-Si (KR); Ji Hyun Song, Suwon-Si (KR); and Dong Hyun Kim, Hanam-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/920,541.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2024-0002183 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2024.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2334 (2011.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/017 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/2334 (2013.01) [B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/017 (2013.01); B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle passenger protection system comprising:
a seat provided in an internal space of a vehicle;
a mobile crash pad provided in the internal space of the vehicle to be movable toward the seat, wherein the mobile crash pad includes:
a first airbag module provided inside the vehicle and including a first airbag cushion; and
a guide rail engaged to the first airbag cushion and configured to serve as a deployment path of the first airbag cushion in response that the first airbag cushion is deployed; and
a controller operably connected to the mobile crash pad and configured to predict a vehicle accident, and move the mobile crash pad toward the seat and deploy the first airbag cushion in the mobile crash pad in response that the vehicle accident is expected.