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US 2002/0163166 A1Published application
Airbag apparatus and mounting and operating method for same
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorOlaf Muller
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AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorOlaf Muller
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The invention relates to an airbag apparatus, with an airbag module and at least one covering device, behind which, in a closing position, an airbag expanding by gas inflation is accommodated and which, to release the expansion of the airbag, can be moved out of the closing position into an open position by means of a mechanism, the mechanism containing a first mechanism component, which is coupled firmly to the airbag module, and a second mechanism component, which is coupled firmly to the covering device, and the airbag module forming, together with the first mechanism component, a unit ready for installation. The invention relates, furthermore, to a mounting method for such an airbag apparatus, the mechanism containing a first mechanism component which is coupled firmly to the airbag module, so that the airbag module forms, together with the first mechanism component, a unit ready for installation, and containing a second mechanism component which is coupled firmly to the covering device, and, during or after the installation of the airbag apparatus behind a vehicle interior trim panel, the first mechanism component being brought into an active position with respect to the second mechanism component. The invention relates, further, to an operating method for such an airbag apparatus, the first mechanism component and the second mechanism component being coupled actively to one another only by means of a release of the airbag apparatus.
An airbag apparatus, with an airbag module and at least one covering device, behind which, in a closing position, an airbag expanding by gas inflation is accommodated and which, to release the expansion of the airbag, can be moved out of the closing position into an open position by means of a mechanism, characterized in that the mechanism (M) contains a first mechanism component (M1), which is coupled firmly to the airbag module (B), and a second mechanism component (M2), which is coupled firmly to the covering device (K), and in that the airbag module (B) forms, together with the first mechanism component (M1), a unit ready for installation.
The airbag apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second mechanism component (M2) of the coupling mechanism (M) and coverings thereof are led through pockets (13), which are integrated in an extruded profile of the airbag housing (G), and, on the opposite side, through putaways of the reinforcing box (4).
The airbag apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one embodiment illustrated in the figures.
A mounting method for an airbag apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mechanism (M) contains a first mechanism component (M1) which is coupled firmly to the airbag module (B), so that the airbag module (B) forms, together with the first mechanism component (M1), a unit ready for installation, and contains a second mechanism component (M2) which is coupled firmly to the covering device (K), and in that, during or after the installation of the airbag apparatus (A) behind a vehicle interior trim panel, the first mechanism component (M1) is brought into an active position with respect to the second mechanism component (M2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.