Gas bag module

US6752416B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE
• Udo Bieber · Niedernberg, DE
• Ralph Neupert · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas bag module comprising a covering cap which is visible from the exterior in an installed state and covers an outlet opening for a gas bag. The module further comprises at least one display integrated in the covering cap and a lighting for the display provided on a rear face of the covering cap. The covering cap has a front wall visible from the exterior with a section covering the outlet opening, the section being connected in one piece with a display section lying over the lighting. In the display section, the covering is constructed so as to be transparent or translucent. The display section is made of a first material component of the covering cap and the covering cap includes a second material component which has a carrier layer in the form of a cup. The base of the cup forms the section closing the outlet opening and the peripheral wall of which laterally delimits an accommodation space for the gas bag.