Method and device for fastening an airbag in a motor vehicle

US8220825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Frank Bonarens · Gerolzhofen, DE
• Dietmar Breidert · Bischofsheim, DE
• Matthias Brunner · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
• Benjamin De Buysscher · Kapellen, BE
• Johannes Diehl · Saulheim, DE
• Mathias Grube · Adelsheim, DE
• Waldemar Medla · Groß-Gerau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: May 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49963
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for fastening an airbag to a motor vehicle, that includes, but is not limited to the steps of fastening an airbag, which can be filled with a gas and which has a fastening tab, to a fastening device which comprises a plate and a clip device fastened to the plate and the plate comprises a first plate section with a first opening having a screw thread and a second plate section, and the clip device is fastened on the first plate section, and the airbag is fastened to the fastening device by bending the second plate section in such a manner that the first plate section and the second plate section at least partially enclose the fastening tab on both sides. A fastening device is also provided for an airbag, an airbag, and a motor vehicle.