Attachment of an air bag module within an instrument panel

US5662350A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MST Automotive GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Bathon · Riedstadt, DE
• Jurgen Zang · Großostheim, DE
• Franz Weiss · Dachau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 2, 1997
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/205
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

On the passenger side of a motor vehicle an air bag module is inserted in the instrument panel and is connected with a support stationarily disposed behind the aperture by holding plates, where at the upper holding plate at least one mounting bolt is disposed, which is engaged in a corresponding through hole of the support, and the mounting bolt has a recess and is coated with a plastic layer.