Motor vehicle with an airbag module
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMartin Eigenmann, Christian Maurer, Robert Janssen, Dienhung Huynh, Reinhold Schreff
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Abstract
An airbag housing can be detachably fixed to at least one abutting wall area via at least one fixing device. The airbag housing has a plurality of tongues protruding laterally outwards on at least two opposing sides. The tongues arranged next to one another on one side are each spaced from the next by the width of at least one tongue. For the tongues of the airbag housing, a fixing frame on the dashboard has corresponding undercuts, and therefore the fixed airbag module is connected to the tongues in a form-locking manner in the undercuts.
Claims17
A motor vehicle, having an airbag module with at least one airbag and at least one gas generator comprising:
- an airbag housing that accommodates the at least one airbag and the at least one gas generator;
- a fixing frame located on a wall section of a dashboard of the motor vehicle, the airbag housing being fixable on the fixing frame, wherein
- the airbag housing comprises a plurality of laterally outward-projecting tongues on at least two opposing sides, the tongues arranged next to one another on one side being spaced apart by at least one tongue width,
- the fixing frame has corresponding undercuts with respect to the tongues, the airbag module being held form-lockingly via the tongues in the corresponding undercuts,
- the airbag housing is slid in a longitudinal direction of the airbag housing so that the tongues slide into the undercuts, to thereby fix the airbag housing at the fixing frame.
A mounting structure for an airbag module of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing in which is accommodated at least one airbag;
- a fixing frame of a wall section of a vehicle dashboard, wherein
- the airbag housing has a plurality of tongues protruding laterally outward on at least two opposing sides, the tongues on each side being spaced from one another by at least one tongue width,
- the fixing frame of the wall section comprising undercuts corresponding with the plurality of tongues, and
- the housing being held form-lockingly via the tongues of the housing engaging in the corresponding undercuts of the fixing frame, by sliding of the airbag housing along a longitudinal direction of the airbag housing.
A motor vehicle, having an airbag module with at least one airbag and at least one gas generator comprising:
- an airbag housing that accommodates the at least one airbag and the at least one gas generator;
- a fixing frame located on a wall section of a dashboard of the motor vehicle, the airbag housing being fixable on the fixing frame, wherein
- the airbag housing comprises a plurality of laterally outward-projecting tongues on at least two opposing sides thereof,
- a region of the fixing frame that cooperates with the opposing sides of the airbag housing has an alternating configuration in which a first geometric shape is, along a longitudinal direction of the fixing frame, displaced longitudinally from and immediately adjacent to a second geometric shape, and
- the first and second geometric shapes have shapes that are complementary to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.