Abstract: A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle efficiently protects a rear seat passenger with an air bag cushion that is deployed during a car collision accident.

Abstract: A dual chamber side air bag apparatus may include an inflator mounted to a side of a sheet bag frame in an outdoor direction, an air bag cushion fluid-connected to the inflator and including a first chamber and a second chamber mounted at a side of the sheet bag frame in the outdoor direction and fluid-connected to the inflator and the first chamber to protrude and develop toward a front of the sheet bag frame when the inflator may be activated, for protecting side surface of the upper body of the passenger, and a tedder having one end thereof fixed to the sheet bag frame, a mid portion thereof wrapping the first chamber, and the other end thereof sewing-coupled to the air bag cushion in a boundary of the first and second chambers to provide a directivity so that the first chamber develops toward the upper body of the passengers.

Abstract: A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle efficiently protects a rear seat passenger with an air bag cushion that is deployed during a car collision accident.

Abstract: A wireless airbag apparatus may include an airbag control unit (ACU) receiving a sensing signal from a collision sensor and having a first wireless communication unit, and an airbag module having a second wireless communication unit and a power supply circuit to transceive a signal with the wireless communication unit of the ACU, wherein the power supply circuit supplies operating power to an inflator in accordance with a deployment signal of the airbag module.

Abstract: An active safety apparatus for vehicles and a method of controlling the apparatus, which can actively control the operation of a safety device, such as an airbag device or a seatbelt device installed in a vehicle for restraining a passenger behavior and protecting a passenger in a vehicle collision, based on the conditions of a vehicle collision and the passenger behavior which vary depending on the conditions of the vehicle collision, thereby optimally protecting the passenger for the conditions of the vehicle collision and improving passenger safety of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer dielectric film that has first and second trenches on first and second regions of a substrate, respectively, forming a first metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the first trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the first region, forming a second metal layer along a sidewall and a bottom surface of the second trench and along a top surface of the interlayer dielectric film in the second region, forming a first sacrificial layer pattern on the first metal layer such that the first sacrificial layer fills a portion of the first trench, forming a first electrode layer by etching the first metal layer and the second metal layer using the first sacrificial layer pattern, and removing the first sacrificial layer pattern.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device can uniformly form a metal gate irrespective of gate pattern density. The method includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer having a trench on a substrate, forming a metal layer having first, second and third sections extending along the sides of the trench, the bottom of the trench and on the interlayer dielectric layer, respectively, forming a sacrificial layer pattern exposing an upper part of the first section of the metal layer, forming a spacer pattern on the exposed part of the first section of the metal layer, and forming a first gate metal layer by etching the first section of the metal layer using the sacrificial layer pattern and the spacer pattern as masks.

Abstract: An isolation layer structure includes first to fourth oxide layer patterns. The first and third oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a first trench defined by a first recessed top surface of a substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a first region. The first trench has a first width, and the first and third oxide layer patterns have no void therein. The second and fourth oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a second trench defined by a second recessed top surface of the substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a second region. The second trench has a second width larger than the first width, and the fourth oxide layer pattern has a void therein.

Abstract: A ramp bracket for a curtain airbag cushion of a vehicle may include a cushion storage portion storing the curtain airbag cushion therein, the cushion storage portion having an opening on a first sidewall thereof such that the curtain airbag cushion is deployed through the opening, wherein the first sidewall includes upper and lower surfaces to define the opening, and a shock absorption portion formed under a lower surface of the cushion storage portion and absorbing a shock generated when a passenger collides to the shock absorption portion.

Abstract: A ramp apparatus for a curtain airbag for a vehicle, positioned between a headliner and a vehicular body panel such that the curtain airbag is deployed through a matching part formed between the headliner and a pillar trim, may include a support ramp fastened to the vehicular body panel and receiving a lower portion of the folded curtain airbag, and a deployment ramp extending from a first end of the support ramp to enclose a portion of the curtain airbag therein and deploying towards the interior of the vehicle to seal a gap between the vehicular body panel and the pillar trim by expansive pressure of the curtain airbag in the event of a vehicle collision.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming gate structures on PMOS and NMOS transistor regions of the semiconductor substrate, forming epitaxial blocking layers on source/drain regions of PMOS and NMOS transistor regions using a nitridation process, then selectively removing one of the epitaxial blocking layers, and using a SEG process to form an epitaxial layer on respective source/drain regions while shielding the other source/drain regions with a remaining epitaxial blocking layer.

Abstract: An isolation layer structure includes first to fourth oxide layer patterns. The first and third oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a first trench defined by a first recessed top surface of a substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a first region. The first trench has a first width, and the first and third oxide layer patterns have no void therein. The second and fourth oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a second trench defined by a second recessed top surface of the substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a second region. The second trench has a second width larger than the first width, and the fourth oxide layer pattern has a void therein.

Abstract: An isolation layer structure includes first to fourth oxide layer patterns. The first and third oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a first trench defined by a first recessed top surface of a substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a first region. The first trench has a first width, and the first and third oxide layer patterns have no void therein. The second and fourth oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a second trench defined by a second recessed top surface of the substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a second region. The second trench has a second width larger than the first width, and the fourth oxide layer pattern has a void therein.

Abstract: A side airbag unit for a vehicle, constructed to protect a side of a passenger in the event of a side collision or when the vehicle overturns, the side airbag unit may include an airbag module having a stud which is inserted into a predetermined portion of a seat frame, and an airbag cushion which remains folded in the airbag module and expands when the airbag unit is deployed, and a strap allowing the airbag cushion to be deployed to a predetermined length at a predetermined position when the airbag cushion expands, wherein a first end of the strap is coupled to a predetermined portion of the airbag cushion and a second end thereof is coupled to the stud such that the second end of the strap is being locked to the stud when the stud is assembled with the seat frame.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus provided with an airbag cushion installed in an armrest side portion of a seat frame of a vehicle, may include an airbag module having the airbag cushion therein; and a strap fastened at a first end portion thereof to a portion of the airbag cushion and fastened at a second end portion thereof to the seat frame or a bolster support wire frame, the strap surrounding a front portion of the seat frame.

Abstract: A ramp bracket for a curtain airbag cushion of a vehicle may include a cushion storage portion storing the curtain airbag cushion therein, the cushion storage portion having an opening on a first sidewall thereof such that the curtain airbag cushion is deployed through the opening, wherein the first sidewall includes upper and lower surfaces to define the opening, and a shock absorption portion formed under a lower surface of the cushion storage portion and absorbing a shock generated when a passenger collides to the shock absorption portion.

Abstract: An isolation layer structure includes first to fourth oxide layer patterns. The first and third oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a first trench defined by a first recessed top surface of a substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a first region. The first trench has a first width, and the first and third oxide layer patterns have no void therein. The second and fourth oxide layer patterns are sequentially formed in a second trench defined by a second recessed top surface of the substrate and sidewalls of gate structures on the substrate in a second region. The second trench has a second width larger than the first width, and the fourth oxide layer pattern has a void therein.

Abstract: A ramp apparatus for a curtain airbag for a vehicle, positioned between a headliner and a vehicular body panel such that the curtain airbag is deployed through a matching part formed between the headliner and a pillar trim, may include a support ramp fastened to the vehicular body panel and receiving a lower portion of the folded curtain airbag, and a deployment ramp extending from a first end of the support ramp to enclose a portion of the curtain airbag therein and deploying towards the interior of the vehicle to seal a gap between the vehicular body panel and the pillar trim by expansive pressure of the curtain airbag in the event of a vehicle collision.

Abstract: A side airbag unit for a vehicle, constructed to protect a side of a passenger in the event of a side collision or when the vehicle overturns, the side airbag unit may include an airbag module having a stud which is inserted into a predetermined portion of a seat frame, and an airbag cushion which remains folded in the airbag module and expands when the airbag unit is deployed, and a strap allowing the airbag cushion to be deployed to a predetermined length at a predetermined position when the airbag cushion expands, wherein a first end of the strap is coupled to a predetermined portion of the airbag cushion and a second end thereof is coupled to the stud such that the second end of the strap is being locked to the stud when the stud is assembled with the seat frame.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus provided with an airbag cushion installed in an armrest side portion of a seat frame of a vehicle, may include an airbag module having the airbag cushion therein; and a strap fastened at a first end portion thereof to a portion of the airbag cushion and fastened at a second end portion thereof to the seat frame or a bolster support wire frame, the strap surrounding a front portion of the seat frame.