Patent · US Expired

Inflatable passenger collision protection arrangement

US5443285A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
2References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 1993
Grant dateAug 22, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/2173
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle exhibits a dashboard having a glove compartment, the receiving space of which can be covered by a cover which is movably secured on the dashboard and which, for opening the glove compartment, is disposed so as to be movable approximately in the vertical direction within the vehicle. At least the folded airbag casing of a passenger airbag is here accommodated and fastened in a cavity of the cover, a cap covering the cavity of the cover being able to be opened as the airbag casing unfolds in the direction of the vehicle interior.

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