Airbag mounting structure and airbag mounting method
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorTomiharu YAMADA
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Abstract
Side portions of a guide member mounting portion of the instrument panel include a panel side welding guide surface integrally formed therewith. The panel side welding guide surface is spaced apart from the back surface of the instrument panel. Side portions of the guide member include a guide side welding guide surface integrally formed with the guide member. The panel side welding guide surface and the guide side welding guide surface overlap each other. One of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating recess. The other of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating protrusion that fits into the position regulating recess during vibration welding.
Claims6
An airbag mounting structure comprising:
- an instrument panel that includes a guide member mounting portion disposed on a back side thereof;
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- a guide member that mounts an airbag module to the instrument panel,
- wherein the instrument panel and the guide member are fixed by vibration welding with the instrument panel and the guide member abutted each other;
- wherein a side portion of the guide member mounting portion of the instrument panel includes a panel side welding guide surface that is integrally formed therewith and is spaced apart from the back side of the instrument panel;
- wherein a side portion of the guide member includes a guide side welding guide surface that is integrally formed therewith and overlaps the panel side welding guide surface;
- wherein one of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating recess;
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- wherein the other of the guide side welding guide surface and the panel side welding guide surface includes a position regulating protrusion that fits into the position regulating recess during the vibration welding.
A method for mounting an airbag wherein a guide member is placed to abut on a guide member mounting portion formed on a back side of an instrument panel, and the guide member mounting portion and the guide member are fixed each other with vibration welding,
- the method comprising:
- placing a guide side welding guide surface that is integrally formed with a side portion of the guide member on a panel side welding guide surface that is integrally formed with a side portion of the guide member mounting portion of the instrument panel, the panel side welding guide surface spaced apart from the instrument panel;
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- performing the vibration welding with a position regulating protrusion fitted into a position regulating recess, wherein the position regulating protrusion is formed on one of the panel side welding guide surface and the guide side welding guide surface, and the position regulating recess is formed on the other of the panel side welding guide surface and the guide side welding guide surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.