US 10,328,886 B2 · Module cover, arrangement of a module cover between a vehicle roof and a vehicle ceiling, airbag module, and vehicle safety system

Abstract

The invention relates to a module cover (40) for an airbag (10) and/or an airbag module for being arranged beneath a vehicle roof (56), especially in the area of an upper windscreen rim, wherein the module cover (40) comprises a module cover panel (41) having a rear side (42) pointing to the vehicle roof (56) during use and a front side (43) pointing away from the vehicle roof (56) during use. In accordance with the invention, the module cover panel (41) comprises an elongate clearance portion (44) preferably formed over the entire width (B) of the module cover panel (41) in the form of an elongate indentation (49) configured in the front side (43) of the module cover panel (41).

Claims22

Dependent claims

A module cover (40) for housing an airbag (10) and/or an airbag module between a vehicle roof (56) and the module cover, in the area of an upper windscreen rim, the module cover (40) comprising a module cover panel (41) including a rear side (42) pointing to the vehicle roof (56) during use and a front side (43) pointing away from the vehicle roof (56) during use, wherein the module cover panel (41) comprises an elongate clearance portion (44) in the form of an elongate indentation (45) formed in the front side (43) of the module cover panel (41), the elongate indentation extending into the module cover panel and toward the vehicle roof.

An airbag module for being arranged beneath a vehicle roof in an area of an upper windscreen rim, the airbag module comprising:

a module cover (40) for the airbag module, the module cover (40) comprising a module cover panel (41) including a rear side (42) pointing to the vehicle roof (56) during use and a front side (43) pointing away from the vehicle roof (56) during use, wherein the module cover panel (41) comprises an elongate clearance portion (44) in the form of an elongate indentation (45) formed in the front side (43) of the module cover panel (41);
and
a folded airbag (10) and an inflator (28) for inflating the airbag (10), wherein the airbag (10) comprises an injection orifice (11) and an inflating portion (12), wherein the airbag (10) includes a guiding portion (13) arranged between the injection orifice (11) and the inflating portion (12), wherein starting from a trailing edge (26) of the airbag (10) the inflating portion (12) is furled in a first furling direction (AR) in the direction of the injection orifice (11) and the guiding portion (13) is formed by laying at least one folding with a first folding bend (14) against the first furling direction (AR) such that the deployment behavior of the airbag (10) can be influenced.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/305,106Filed 5 May 2015

Priority

DE 20 2014 003 779 U7 May 2014

Published

US 2017/0043738 A116 Feb 2017

Granted

25 Jun 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B60R 21/214
Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components: in…
B60R 21/215
Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components:…
B60R 21/217
Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components:…
B60R 21/232
Characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration: curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge

Module cover, arrangement of a module cover between a vehicle roof and a vehicle ceiling, airbag module, and vehicle safety system

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Module cover, arrangement of a module cover between a vehicle roof and a vehicle ceiling, airbag module, and vehicle safety system

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