Vehicle airbag support assembly

A vehicle airbag support structure comprising:

• a mounting portion configured to be fixedly coupled to a rearward surface of a vehicle cross-car beam that faces a rearward direction of a vehicle;
• an elongated extension portion having a first end fixedly coupled to the mounting portion and a second end spaced from the first end such that, with the vehicle airbag support structure in an installed position, the first end is situated closer to the rearward surface than a forward surface of the vehicle cross-car beam that faces a forward direction of the vehicle and the second end of the extension portion extends beyond the forward surface, the mounting portion including a plurality of support flanges that extend from an upper surface of the elongated extension portion toward the vehicle cross-car beam and have curved edges that at least partially correspond to a radial contour of the vehicle cross-car beam;
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• a support portion configured to support an airbag device, the support portion being fixedly coupled to the second end of the extension portion such that the support portion is situated closer to the forward surface of the vehicle cross-car beam than the rearward surface and is cantilevered with respect to the mounting portion;
• the mounting portion including a mounting structure that defines a plurality of mounting apertures that are disposed on opposite sides of the elongated extension portion, each of the mounting apertures having a respective center axis that projects toward the second end of the elongated extension portion, and each of the support flanges further extending along a direction of the respective center axis of a respective one of the mounting apertures toward the support portion.

A vehicle airbag support structure comprising:

• a mounting portion configured to be fixedly coupled to a rearward surface of a vehicle cross-car beam that faces a rearward direction of a vehicle;
• an elongated extension portion having a first end fixedly coupled to the mounting portion and a second end spaced from the first end such that, with the vehicle airbag support structure in an installed position, the first end is situated closer to the rearward surface than a forward surface of the vehicle cross-car beam that faces a forward direction of the vehicle, and the second end of the extension portion extends beyond the forward surface;
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• a support portion fixedly coupled to the second end of the extension portion such that the support portion is situated closer to the forward surface of the vehicle cross-car beam than the rearward surface and is cantilevered with respect to the mounting portion, the support portion having a support surface configured to position and support an airbag device such that a direction of deployment of the airbag device is normal to the support surface and toward the rearward direction of the vehicle, the support portion and the elongated extension portion being coplanar.