Steering wheel mounted air bag module including electromagnetically shielded sensor

US5011181A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE
• BAYERN-CHEMIE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR FLUGCHEMISCHE ANTRIEBE MBH · DE

Inventors

• Horst Laucht · Bruckmühl, DE
• Richard Baur · Brackenheim, DE
• Bernd Werner · Kamp-Lintfort, DE
• Karl E. Nilsson · Ottobrunn, DE
• Peter Hora · Schrobenhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 1990
• Grant date: Apr 30, 1991
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/01
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a safety device for motor vehicles in the form of an impact protection arrangement, wherein the pot-shaped housing of the sensor for the activation of the ignition device of the gas generator, has a form fitting with the flange of the gas generator housing, and is attached to it in such a way that part of the gas generator housing is contained in the sensor housing, thereby forming an air gap which is electromagnetically shielded against interfering influences. An example embodiment is described and shown in the figures of the drawings.