Motor vehicle dashboard assembly

US6076849A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Bernhard Holzapfel · Winnenden, DE
• Martin Kruse · Frankfurt, DE
• Michael Sinner · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
• Rolf Dembowski · Erdingen, DE
• Rainer Zipfel · Breisach am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R13/0256
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A panel is inserted into a cutout in the visible boundary wall of a fascia, in particular in a motor-vehicle dashboard, which panel contains an airbag cover which is delimited with respect to the panel and is pressed open in the event of a crash by means of an inflating airbag sack. The panel is secured releasably at least in some regions along the contour of the airbag cover and, in the process, outside the airbag cover, in a manner which is invisible from the vehicle interior, by latching projections being provided which are molded integrally onto the rear side of said panel and engage into associated sockets which are not supported on the visible boundary wall of the fascia.