Vehicle with a head airbag integrated into the vehicle body
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorAkbar Fatemi
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Abstract
A vehicle with a head airbag integrated into the vehicle body, which is covered so as to be visually screened by a headliner that has a headliner opening for a functional component, in particular a reading light, wherein a fastening arrangement is provided on the reverse side of the headliner facing away from a passenger compartment, via which the functional component is secured. At least one shield element is associated with the fastening arrangement and is arranged between the head airbag and the fastening arrangement in a head airbag deployment direction, so that when an airbag deploys, a region of the fastening arrangement having interfering contours is shielded against the deploying head airbag.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a head airbag integrated into a vehicle body, the head airbag being covered so as to be visually screened by a headliner that has a headliner opening for a functional component;
- a fastening arrangement arranged on a reverse side of the headliner facing away from a passenger compartment, the fastening arrangement securing the functional component;
- and
- at least one shield element being arranged between the head airbag and the fastening arrangement in a head airbag deployment direction so that when the head airbag deploys, a region of the fastening arrangement having interfering contours is shielded against the deploying head airbag,
- wherein the fastening arrangement has a mounting frame that is connected to the reverse side of the headliner and/or surrounds the headliner opening and the functional component in the manner of a frame, and wherein the functional component is secured on the mounting frame via a spring element, and wherein the region having interfering contours that is shielded by the shield element is formed on the spring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.