Passenger airbag tethering device

Details Passenger airbag tethering device Passenger airbag tethering device

1997-12-04

2000-04-04

Dickson, Paul N.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280732, B60R 2116

Patent

active

060451548

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle airbag assembly (1, 101)including an airbag door (3,103) arranged to be opened on airbag deployment, and which is tethered to a fixed anchor point (5,105) by a tether assembly (11,111), the tether assembly(11,111) comprising a substantially flexible strap member extending between the fixed anchor point (5,105) and the airbag door (3,103) such that its longitudinal axis (13,113) extends substantially perpendicular to an edge of the airbag door, each of the airbag door (3,103) and the anchor point (5,105) defining a mounting area to which an end of the tether is secured, the tether assembly (11,111) arranged such that a first one of the mounting areas (7,107) comprises an elongate unitary zone arranged along a single longitudinal axis(19,119), and the second one of the mounting areas (9,109) comprises at least two zones whose respective longitudinal axes are non-collinear whereby the tether assembly(11,111) absorbs energy as the airbag door is deployed and controls its movement.

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