Bearing member including an airbag housing
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsFranck Bonaventure, Michael Brunet, Pierre Demortain, Daniel Le Hoang
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Abstract
A housing (4) for receiving an airbag is fixed to a support member (2) by at least one fixing element (18) which extends through a hole (20) of the member and which is fixed to the housing (4). The fixing element (18) is retained in the hole (20) with play so that the fixing element (18) is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains the axis of the hole (20), inside the hole (20) under the action of the deformation of the housing (4) so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag.
Claims20
A support member (2) for a motor vehicle comprising a housing (4) for receiving an airbag for a motor vehicle, the housing (4) being fixed to the support member (2) by at least one fixing means (18) which extends through a hole (20) of the support member and which is fixed to the housing (4),
- wherein the fixing means (18) is retained in the hole (20) with play so that the fixing means (18) is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains an axis of the hole (20), inside the hole (20) under the action of the deformation of the housing (4) so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag, and
- wherein the axis of the hole (20) extends substantially parallel to an axis of an opening (14) in the housing (4) through which the airbag deploys.
An apparatus for housing an airbag within a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a support member (2);
- and
- a housing (4) for the airbag for the motor vehicle;
- and
- at least one fixing means to fix the housing (4) to the support member (2),
- wherein the fixing means extends through a hole (20) of the support member (2) and fixes to the housing (4),
- wherein the fixing means (18) is pivotable inside the hole (20) around the axis of the hole (20) upon a deformation of the housing (4) to absorb the deformation brought about by a deployment of the airbag, and
- wherein the fixing means is pivotable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of deployment of the airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.