Motor vehicle occupant protection arrangement
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Wohllebe, Ruprecht Sinnhuber
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Abstract
An occupant protection arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a folded-together inflatable airbag, a member having an exit opening for the unfolding airbag, and a cover which is releasably held by a cover-retaining arrangement in a position closing the exit opening. In the event of a collision, the cover is moved into a position clearing the exit opening in a controlled manner and without being projected toward a vehicle occupant. To assure a reproducible opening behavior of the cover without the risk of injury to vehicle occupants by a simple arrangement, the cover retainer is released by the action of at least one accelerated inertial mass which is mounted on the cover and/or on the cover retainer.
Claims18
A motor vehicle occupant protection arrangement comprising:
- at least one folded-together inflatable airbag,
- a member having an exit opening for unfolding of the airbag,
- a cover which is retained by a cover-retaining arrangement in a position closing the exit opening and, in the event of a collision, is moved in a controlled manner into a position clearing the exit opening, and
- the cover-retaining arrangement directly responsive to inertial force produced by an accelerated inertial mass to permit opening of the cover to the clearing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.