Patent ID: 7762576
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A structure for a driver's airbag cushion of a vehicle comprising: a blocking member that extends from a rear upper end of an airbag cushion to a front end of the airbag cushion and divides the interior of the airbag cushion into a face chamber defined by a front upper space of the airbag cushion and a pelvis chamber defined by a lower space thereof, the blocking member blocks the face and pelvis chambers; a temporary blocking member provided at a predetermined portion of the blocking member to control fluid-communication between the face chamber and the pelvis chamber when a tensile force is applied thereto; and a tensile force-providing member that applies tensile force to the temporary blocking member so that the pelvis chamber is communicated with the face chamber by releasing the temporary blocking member when the pelvis chamber substantially expands; wherein the temporary blocking member includes a tearing portion formed at a predetermined portion of the blocking member and that is capable of being torn along a cutting line by the applied tensile force; and wherein the tensile force-providing member includes a link tether having an end sewn to the tearing portion of the temporary blocking member and the other end sewn to a front-lower inside corner of the inside of the airbag cushion that pertains to the pelvis chamber.