Airbag housing assembly
AssigneeRover Group Limited
InventorsChristopher John Devane, Michael Thomas Monaghan
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Abstract
An airbag housing assembly for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is described in which a flexible strap (7, 107) is provided to attach a trim member (30, T) to a structural part (42, B) of the vehicle. The strap (7, 107) prevents the trim member (30, T) from becoming completely detached from the structural part (42, B) upon deployment of an airbag "A" housed between the trim panel (30, T) and the structural part (42, B).
Claims16
An airbag housing assembly having a body portion, an airbag means associated with the body portion, a trim panel including integrally formed frangible anchor means, mounting means secured between the body portion and the anchor means, and flexible retainer means connected to the trim panel to retain said trim panel to the body portion upon deployment of the airbag means, the anchor means comprising a trim fixing formed integrally with the trim panel and a flange extending from the trim fixing to engage the mounting means, the trim fixing further comprising an upper joining part which is frangible and offset from a lower part with a groove in a cross member therebetween, the flange extending from the upper part and being frangible with that upper part through the groove, breaking when subjected to a load placed on the flange, the retainer means being secured between the upper part of the trim fixing and the trim panel.
An airbag housing assembly having:
- a body portion;
- an airbag assembly associated with the body portion;
- a trim panel including an integrally formed frangible anchor;
- a mounting mechanism being secured between the body portion and the anchor;
- a flexible retainer connected to the trim panel to retain said trim panel to the body portion upon deployment of the airbag;
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- the anchor comprises a trim fixing formed integrally with the trim panel and a flange extends from the trim fixing, the trim fixing further comprises an upper part which is frangible from a lower part, and the flexible retainer is secured between the upper part of the trim fixing and the trim panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.