Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1993-09-03
1994-08-09
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280732, B60R 2116
Patent
active
053359372
ABSTRACT:
Impact protection devices, arranged in steering wheels or dashboards of motor vehicles, for vehicle occupants are provided with covers which open in the event of an accident in order to release an inflating air bag of the protection device. The cover, which consists of at least one cover flap, is injection molded onto a carrier part by a tough elastic plastic. The plastic surround has along an edge, intended as pivot axis, of the cover flap a cross-sectional tapering which serves as a hinge. At the other edges, the plastic surround is constructed towards the corresponding edges of the carrier part as a groove which, in the event of pressure on the cover flap in the opening direction, easily releases the carrier part edge.
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Fischer Thomas
Henseler Wolfgang
Moltgen Bruno
Muller Manfred
Petkovic Zivojin
Ellis Christopher P.
Johnson Brian L.
Mercedes-Benz AG
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