An apparatus for helping to protect occupants of a vehicle in the event of a collision includes a deployable restraint having a stored, predeployment condition in a vehicle floor. The restraint is deployable from the floor to restrain the feet and/or lower legs of an occupant from swinging forward and upward in response to a vehicle collision. In one configuration, the deployable restraint can include a module comprising an airbag and an inflator for inflating and deploying the airbag. The module can include a door that opens in response to deployment of the airbag and that serves as a reaction surface for the airbag. In another configuration, the deployable restraint can include a restraining panel configured to move to a deployed position extending above the vehicle floor adjacent the occupants lower leg and feet.

An apparatus for helping to protect occupants of a vehicle in the event of a collision includes a deployable restraint having a stored, predeployment condition in a vehicle floor. The restraint is deployable from the floor to restrain the feet and/or lower legs of an occupant from swinging forward and upward in response to a vehicle collision. In one configuration, the deployable restraint can include a module comprising an airbag and an inflator for inflating and deploying the airbag. The module can include a door that opens in response to deployment of the airbag and that serves as a reaction surface for the airbag. In another configuration, the deployable restraint can include a restraining panel configured to move to a deployed position extending above the vehicle floor adjacent the occupants lower leg and feet.

A system including an airbag assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The airbag assembly includes a housing supporting the airbag, an inflation device (“inflator”) in fluid communication with the airbag for inflating the airbag from an uninflated position to an inflated position, a tether fixed to the airbag that helps control the deployment and inflation of the airbag, and a tether lid configured to open in order to release the tether during deployment. The tether lid is installed in a pillar garnish of the vehicle, and is opened in response to the force of the tether as it is pulled by the deploying airbag.

A sealed modular trim supplemental side air bag inflatable curtain (SABIC) module assembly includes a SABIC and a vehicle trim assembly encapsulating the SABIC. The SABIC is sealed within the vehicle trim assembly and provided as a complete compact module configured for subsequent attachment to a vehicle roll bar.

A sealed modular trim supplemental side air bag inflatable curtain (SABIC) module assembly includes a SABIC and a vehicle trim assembly encapsulating the SABIC. The SABIC is sealed within the vehicle trim assembly and provided as a complete compact module configured for subsequent attachment to a vehicle roll bar.

A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag cushion. A reaction surface is configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position upon deployment of the airbag cushion, such that the reaction surfaces will direct the airbag cushion toward an occupant area upon deployment of the airbag cushion. Multiple embodiments of reaction surfaces are disclosed, including deployable instrument panel sections, flexible straps, and hoods.

A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag cushion. A reaction surface is configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position upon deployment of the airbag cushion, such that the reaction surfaces will direct the airbag cushion toward an occupant area upon deployment of the airbag cushion. Multiple embodiments of reaction surfaces are disclosed, including deployable instrument panel sections, flexible straps, and hoods.

A seat airbag for a vehicle includes a first cushion and a second cushion located at the upper end portion of a seatback and configured to be inflated upwards on opposite sides of an occupant sitting in a seat and subsequently to be bent downwards from an upper side of the occupant to cause an end portion of each of the first cushion and the second cushion to be located in front of the occupant. A third cushion is disposed between the first cushion and the second cushion to connect the first cushion and the second cushion to each other.

A seat airbag for a vehicle includes a first cushion and a second cushion located at the upper end portion of a seatback and configured to be inflated upwards on opposite sides of an occupant sitting in a seat and subsequently to be bent downwards from an upper side of the occupant to cause an end portion of each of the first cushion and the second cushion to be located in front of the occupant. A third cushion is disposed between the first cushion and the second cushion to connect the first cushion and the second cushion to each other.

The present invention relates to a driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus having a configuration in which a driver airbag module (20) is mounted on a hub (12) of a steering wheel (10) and a display (30) is mounted on a front side of the airbag module (20), wherein an airbag cover (400) is lift-opened upward by deployment pressure of an airbag cushion (200), an opening angle of the airbag cover (400) is limited by a configuration of an opening angle limiter (500) provided in an airbag housing (100) and the airbag cover (400), and deployment direction of the airbag cushion (200) is controlled by the airbag cover (400) having a limited opening angle so that that airbag cushion may avoid the display (30) and deploy toward the driver through a space (13) between the display (30) and a rim (11) of the steering wheel (10).