Airbag bracket
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Bruning, Bernt Wallrabe, Rainer Mertens, Andre Kurschner
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Abstract
An airbag bracket has at least one airbag fastening section (31, 32, 41, 42) for fastening an airbag device to the airbag bracket (1) and has at least one instrument panel fastening section (11, 12, 13, 23, 24) for fastening an instrument panel to the airbag bracket. Thus, forces occurring during the triggering of the airbag device can be reliably absorbed. The airbag bracket (1) has at least one supporting fastening section (35, 45) for fastening the airbag bracket (1) to a supporting structure of a motor vehicle.
Claims16
An airbag bracket comprising a base, two limbs angled away from opposite ends of the base so that the base and the limbs define a U-shape, two airbag fastening sections on each of the limbs for fastening an airbag device to the airbag bracket, at least one instrument panel fastening section on the base for fastening an instrument panel to the airbag bracket, and at least one supporting fastening section extending out from each of the limbs at positions between the airbag fastening sections of the respective limb for fastening the airbag bracket to a supporting structure of a motor vehicle.
An airbag bracket comprising:
- an elongate base having opposite first and second ends and a plurality of instrument panel fastening sections formed between the ends of the base for fastening an instrument panel to the airbag bracket;
- first and second spaced apart limbs projecting angularly from the base at locations in proximity to the respective first and second ends of the base, each limb being formed with two airbag fastening sections spaced apart in a projecting direction of the limbs for fastening an airbag device to the airbag bracket;
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- first and second supporting fastening sections projecting angularly from the respective first and second limbs at positions between the limbs for fastening the airbag bracket to a supporting structure of a motor vehicle.
An automotive vehicle having a longitudinal travel direction, a width direction transverse to the longitudinal travel direction and a vertical direction transverse to the longitudinal and width directions, the automotive vehicle comprising:
- a supporting structure extending in the width direction;
- an instrument panel extending in the width direction at a position rearward of the supporting structure;
- an airbag device at least partly disposed rearward of the supporting structure and substantially adjacent the instrument panel;
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- an airbag bracket having an elongate base extending in the width direction and including opposite left and right ends and a plurality of instrument panel fastening sections formed between the ends of the base and fastened to the instrument panel, left and right spaced apart limbs projecting substantially in the longitudinal direction from the base at locations in proximity to the respective left and right ends of the base, each limb being formed with at least one airbag fastening section fastened to the airbag device, and left and right supporting fastening sections projecting perpendicularly down from the respective left and right limbs and fastened to the supporting structure of a motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.