Locking pin for mounting an airbag module on a motor vehicle

US10099642B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Bachmann · Heimbuchenthal, DE
• André Funk · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Klaus Hörst · Schneeberg, DE
• Dieter Rumpf · Neuenstadt am Kocher, DE
• Alexander Weiss · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2018
• Expiry date: May 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B19/004
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In the case of a locking pin (22) for vertically movable mounting of an airbag module (30) on a frame (12) of a motor vehicle steering wheel (10) and at least in part within a foam structure (20) molded onto the frame (12), the locking pin (22) includes at least one stop for the airbag module (30) which is integrally bonded to the locking pin (22).