Dashboard support part having a passenger airbag module
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsUlrich Rick, Udo Wagner
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Abstract
A dashboard support part is provided having an airbag exit opening and a module fastening frame, on which a passenger airbag module is directly and removably fastened, the module fastening frame being implemented integrally with the dashboard support part. The passenger airbag module is fastened on the module fastening frame using screws and/or using projections of the passenger airbag module inserted into pockets of the module fastening frame transversely to a firing direction of the passenger airbag module.
Claims12
A dashboard support part, comprising:
- an airbag exit opening;
- and
- a module fastening frame on which a passenger airbag module is directly and removably fastened, the module fastening frame implemented integrally with the dashboard support part, the module fastening frame having a plurality of fastening surfaces for contact of the passenger airbag module that are situated essentially transversely to the firing direction of the passenger airbag module opposite to one another along a circumference of the airbag exit opening,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of fastening surfaces is screwed onto the passenger airbag module, and
- wherein the passenger airbag module is fastened on the module fastening frame, the passenger airbag module inserted into a pocket of the module fastening frame transversely to a firing direction of the passenger airbag module.
The A dashboard support part, comprising:
- an airbag exit opening;
- and
- a module fastening frame on which a passenger airbag module is directly and removably fastened, the module fastening frame implemented integrally with the dashboard support part, wherein the module fastening frame is implemented as at least partially multi-walled along a circumference of the airbag exit opening, and has a plurality of fastening surfaces for contact of the passenger airbag module that are situated essentially transversely to the firing direction of the passenger airbag module opposite to one another along a circumference of the airbag exit opening,
- wherein the least one of the plurality of fastening surfaces is screwed onto the passenger airbag module, and
- wherein the passenger airbag module is fastened on the module fastening frame, the passenger airbag module inserted into a pocket of the module fastening frame transversely to a firing direction of the passenger airbag module.
A dashboard support part comprising:
- an airbag exit opening;
- and
- a module fastening frame on which a passenger airbag module is directly and removably fastened, the module fasting frame implemented integrally with the dashboard support part, wherein the module fastening frame is double-walled along a circumference of the airbag exit opening, and has a plurality of fastening surfaces for contact of the passenger airbag module that are situated essentially transversely to the firing direction of the passenger airbag module opposite to one another along a circumference of the airbag exit opening,
- wherein the least one of the plurality of fastening surfaces is screwed onto the passenger airbag module, and
- wherein the passenger airbag module is fastened on the module fastening frame, the passenger airbag module inserted into a pocket of the module fastening frame transversely to a firing direction of the passenger airbag module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.