Instrument panel having an integrated, swing-open air-bag cover

US5564733A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Santiago Duenas · Herrenberg, DE
• Stephan Schreiner · Frechetsfeld, DE
• Harald Koppenstein · Waiblingen, DE
• Helmut Wagner · Duderstadt, DE
• Jörg Henkel · Göppingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 17, 1995
• Grant date: Oct 15, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 17, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/21537
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Motor vehicle instrument panel including a stiffening panel defining an instrument panel shape. The stiffening panel includes an airbag cover section and a hinge connection section which connects the airbag cover section to adjacent stiffening panel sections. A reinforcement mat is connected to a side of the stiffening panel which faces away from a vehicle passenger space bounded by the instrument panel when in an in-use position in a vehicle. The reinforcement mat includes a plurality of openings, and the reinforcement mat and stiffening panel are connected together by pressing of material of the stiffening panel into the openings of the reinforcement mat thereby providing an intimate connection of the reinforcement mat and stiffening panel without requiring additional fastening material.