Vehicle air bag apparatus

Details Vehicle air bag apparatus Vehicle air bag apparatus

1997-05-20

1998-06-23

Dickson, Paul N.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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2807283, B60R 2116

Patent

active

057694516

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle air bag apparatus which includes an air bag module having an air bag, an inflator for filling the air bag with gas and an ignitor for driving the inflator. The vehicle air bag apparatus is supported inside of an opening formed in an instrument panel of a vehicle. The vehicle air bag apparatus also includes an air bag lid for closing the opening during non-operating status of the vehicle air bag apparatus, a hinge member for supporting the air bag lid openably and closeably in correspondence to the opening in the instrument panel, and a projection member formed integrally with the rear surface of the air bag lid. The projection member extends toward, and is fixed to, the air bag module. The projection member holds the air bag lid so as to close the opening and reinforces the air bag lid from the rear surface. The projection member includes portions of lower ridigity in which rigidity of a part furthest from the hinge member is the lowest. Upon expansion of the air bag, the portions of lower rigidity break so that the air bag lid no longer acts to close the opening in the instrument panel.

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