Exterior air-bag for vehicles
US7753159B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/2612
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An exterior airbag for vehicles includes an airbag cushion deployed forwards from the front surface of a vehicle. The exterior airbag may include a plurality of airbag housings mounted to a bumper of a vehicle, a plurality of airbag cushions received in respective airbag housings so as to be deployed forwards from a front surface of the bumper, a plurality of partitioned chambers defined in each of the airbag cushions along a longitudinal direction of the airbag cushion, with a plurality of gas supply holes formed in respective partitioned chambers so as to evenly supply airbag gas to the chambers, and at least an inflator providing a airbag gas to each of the airbag cushions through the gas supply holes.
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