Patent ID: 8672078
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An external airbag module for a vehicle, installed to be located in a space between a back beam and a front bumper, the external airbag module comprising: an airbag bracket secured to a front of the back beam and accommodated in the back beam; an inflator secured to the airbag bracket and accommodated in the back beam; an airbag cushion surrounding the airbag bracket and the inflator, and secured to the back beam together with the airbag bracket; a heat shielding member fitted between the airbag bracket and the airbag cushion, shaped into an arc that is open at a front thereof and surrounds the inflator to prevent the airbag cushion from being damaged by explosion heat of the inflator; and a gas guider fitted between the airbag cushion and the heat shielding member and installed to surround the inflator, with a plurality of gas discharge holes being formed on a front of the gas guider to guide a flow of airbag gas forwards.