Safety module for a vehicle
AssigneeFaurecia India Private Limited
InventorPrashant Rashinkar
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Abstract
A safety module for a vehicle includes a housing having an opening that accommodates an airbag associated with the safety module during deployment of the airbag, and at least one cover attached over the opening of the housing. The cover is connected to the housing through one or more hinges, where each hinge is formed by one or more curved portions and one or more flat portions arranged adjacent to each other along a hinge axis. The flat portions include one or more ribs protruding from an upper surface of the flat portions, which can be welded to an inner surface of a carrier of the vehicle for preventing the separation of the cover during airbag deployment.
Claims12
A safety module for a vehicle, the safety module comprising:
- a housing having an opening, the housing adapted to accommodate an airbag associated with the safety module during deployment of the airbag;
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- one or more covers adapted to cover the opening of the housing, the one or more covers being connected to the housing through one or more hinges, wherein the one or more hinges are formed by one or more curved portions and one or more flat portions arranged adjacent to each other along a hinge axis, and
- wherein the one or more flat portions comprise one or more ribs protruding from an upper surface of the one or more flat portions and adapted to be welded to an inner surface of a carrier of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.