Faurecia Interieur Industrie

Daniel Le Hoang

Michael Brunet

Franck Bonaventure

Jérôme Meziere

Pierre Demortain

A housing () for receiving an airbag is fixed to a support member () by at least one fixing element () which extends through a hole () of the member and which is fixed to the housing (). The fixing element () is retained in the hole () with play so that the fixing element () is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains the axis of the hole (), inside the hole () under the action of the deformation of the housing () so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag.

Bearing member including an airbag housing

This device includes a flexible net (), a first end portion () of which is overmolded by the flap () and a second portion () is overmolded by a support element (), the central portion extending between the first and second portions () forming a flexible hinge () for articulating the flap () relative to the support element (). The second portion () includes an end part () protruding from the support element () on the opposite side to the hinge-forming part (), the end part () including a stop element, such that, when the airbag is deployed, the stop element prevents the second part () from being pulled out of the support element ().

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Chambly, France

Daniel Le Hoang