Assembly with a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorDominik Schuetz
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Abstract
In an assembly with a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement, the gas bag module has a first detent element adapted for engagement with a second detent element to form a detent connection fastening the gas bag module to a vehicle-fixed component. The gas bag module can assume a not correctly locked state, in which the first detent element and the second detent element are in contact with each other but are not in correct engagement, and a correctly locked state, in which the first detent element is in correct engagement with the second detent element. The locking check arrangement has a movably arranged checking element for checking a locking status of the detent connection and indicating whether the gas bag module is in the not correctly locked state.
Claims14
Assembly of a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement,
- comprising a first detent element (12) adapted for engagement with a second detent element (16) to form a detent connection fastening the gas bag module (10) to a vehicle-fixed component (11),
- the gas bag module being able to assume a not correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) and the second detent element (16) are in contact with each other but are not in correct engagement, and a correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) is in correct engagement with the second detent element (16),
- the locking check arrangement comprising a movably arranged checking element (22) for checking a locking status of the detent connection and indicating whether the gas bag module (10) is in the not correctly locked state,
- a section of the checking element (22) assuming in the not correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a first position that, in the assembled state and viewed from the exterior, corresponds to a first indicator position of the checking element (22), and assuming in a correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a second position that, in the assembled state and viewed from the exterior, corresponds to a second indicator position of the checking element (22), the first indicator position being different from the second indicator position.
Assembly of a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement,
- comprising a first detent element (12) adapted for engagement with a second detent element (16) to form a detent connection fastening the gas bag module (10) to a vehicle-fixed component (11),
- the gas bag module being able to assume a not correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) and the second detent element (16) are in contact with each other but are not in correct engagement, and a correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) is in correct engagement with the second detent element (16),
- the locking check arrangement comprising a movably arranged checking element (22) that follows the movement of the second detent element, for checking a locking status of the detent connection and indicating whether the gas bag module (10) is in the not correctly locked state,
- a section of the checking element (22) assuming in the not correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a first position that, in the assembled state and viewed from the exterior, corresponds to a first indicator position of the checking element (22), and assuming in a correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a second position that, in the assembled state and viewed from the exterior, corresponds to a second indicator position of the checking element (22), the first indicator position being different from the second indicator position.
Assembly of a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement,
- comprising a first detent element (12) adapted for engagement with a second detent element (16) to form a detent connection fastening the gas bag module (10) to a vehicle-fixed component (11),
- the gas bag module having a not correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) and the second detent element (16) are in contact with each other but are not in correct engagement, and a correctly locked state, in which the first detent element (12) is in correct engagement with the second detent element (16),
- the locking check arrangement comprising a movably arranged checking element (22) for checking a locking status of the detent connection and indicating whether the gas bag module (10) is in the not correctly locked state,
- a section of the checking element (22) assuming in the not correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a first position that, in the assembled state, corresponds to a first indicator position of the checking element (22), and assuming in a correctly locked state of the gas bag module (10) a second position that, in the assembled state, corresponds to a second indicator position of the checking element (22), the first indicator position being different from the second indicator position and
- the presence or absence of the section of the checking element (22) in the first or the second indicator position is one of visually and haptically detected from the exterior.
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