Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Sang Min Jo

Jin Ho Bae

Un Koo Lee

Chang Hyun Lee

Yong Sun Kim

Hyeong Ho Choi

Seoung Hoon Lee

Han Sung Lee

Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method of determining whether to deploy an external airbag. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area that has a predetermined range and tracking physical characteristics of objects entering the detection area. The detection area is a predetermined area located in front of a vehicle and is set by the controller based on a full deployment time of the external airbag and a relative velocity upon colliding with another object.

External airbag deployment method and system

A horn switch device for a steering wheel may include an airbag module mounted in an inner region of the steering wheel to perform pressing and restoring operations while being elastically supported by a plurality of horn springs, a link plate assembly mounted on a lower surface of the airbag module and including a plurality of link plates to facilitate a seesaw movement, a module-side horn contact point positioned at the fixed end portion of each link plate and toward the outside of the airbag module, and a wheel-side horn contact point positioned below the module-side horn contact point. A horn operation is produced when the wheel-side horn contact point contacts with the module-side horn contact point.

Horn switch device for steering wheel

A roof airbag apparatus for a vehicle, may include an inflator providing gas pressure, an air tube deploying towards sides of a passenger sitting on a seat when gas may be supplied from the inflator into the air tube, and a front support panel provided on a front end of the air tube to enclose a front portion of the passenger when the air tube may be deployed.

Roof airbag apparatus for vehicle

A steering column includes a steering shaft connected to a steering wheel; a block, housing the steering shaft; a column tube, housing the block; a main housing, mounted at an exterior of the column tube, and including a telescoping guide hole for a telescoping operation, and a fixing portion for pressing the column tube; a tilt bracket mounted on the main housing and including a tilt guide hole for a tilting operation; a fixing unit combined with the block through the tilt bracket and the main housing, for fixing a position of the column tube; and an operation lever for controlling an operation of the fixing unit, the operation lever being disposed at an exterior of the tilt bracket and connected to the fixing unit.

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Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Sang Min Jo