US 12,103,482 B2
Curtain airbag apparatus having twist prevention structure
Dong Ho Kang, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,519.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0113378 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065990 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/201 (2011.01); B60R 21/232 (2011.01); B60R 21/2346 (2011.01); B60R 21/237 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/235 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/201 (2013.01) [B60R 21/232 (2013.01); B60R 21/2346 (2013.01); B60R 21/237 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23388 (2013.01); B60R 21/235 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23538 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curtain airbag having a twist prevention structure, comprising:
a curtain airbag cushion in a roll-folded state;
a tab strap coupled to and surrounding the curtain airbag cushion and configured to maintain the curtain airbag cushion in the roll-folded state, the tab strap including:
a strap surrounding the curtain airbag cushion; and
a plurality of mounting tabs connected to the strap and spaced apart from each other along the strap; and
a strap line disposed on the strap; and
a cushion diffuser pocket disposed at an upper end portion of the curtain airbag cushion, adjacent to the strap and the strap line,
wherein the plurality of mounting tabs includes:
a first mounting tab connected to the strap at a position closest to the cushion diffuser pocket in a first direction; and
a second mounting tab connected to the strap at a position closest to the cushion diffuser pocket in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the first and second mounting tabs are on opposite sides of the cushion diffuser pocket,
wherein the strap connects the first and second mounting tabs to one another, and
wherein the strap line is configured to be marked on the strap in a straight line to extend continuously along the strap at least in a first area of the strap connecting the first and second mounting tabs to one another to allow a person to visually check whether the curtain airbag cushion in the roll-folded state is twisted in the first area of the strap connecting the first and second mounting tabs adjacent to the cushion diffuser pocket.