Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Takata Petri Ag

Autoliv Development Ab

Gerhard Lutter

James Lloyd Webber

Thomas Marotzke

Minoo Jaswantlal Shah

Daniel Hahn

Detlef Crohn

Sven Ortmann

Günter Zähle

Mindo Jaswantlal Shah

A method and apparatus for moving a portion of a vehicle hood away from a portion of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first portion; a second portion, comprising; a fixed portion and a slidable portion slidably mounted to the first portion for movement between a first position and a second position, the fixed portion comprising a first opening at one end and an elongated opening, the slidable portion comprising a second opening juxtaposed to the first opening when the slidable portion is in the first position; a first connecting member being pivotally secured to the first portion at one end and releaseably secured to the second portion at another end by a pivot pin that is rotatably secured within the first opening and the second opening when the slidable portion is in the first position; a second connecting member being pivotally secured to the first portion at one end and slidably secured to the second portion at another end by a pin that is slidably received within the elongated opening of the fixed portion and an elongated opening of the slidable portion; and an actuation device for providing a force to move the slidable portion from the first position to the second position and thereafter move the pin of the second connecting member within the elongated openings of the fixed portion and the slidable portion to cause the second portion to move away from the first portion.

Hood lift mechanism and method

An annular airbag is disclosed, of the type where the center piece () of the steering wheel cover () (mostly embodied as the emblem of the vehicle producer) remains in place during the unfolding process. In order to prevent a vehicle occupant impacting the hole arising above the center piece with an inflated airbag, the tubular region () of the airbag above the center piece is embodied such that the cross-sectional area thereof in the inflated state reduces in the direction of the upper plate of the airbag from the center piece (). The above is achieved, for example, by means of a special forming of the tubular region, by provision of pockets () and/or folds (), the use of special materials, a special fixing of the airbag to the airbag module (), or the fitting of tension straps ().

Airbag

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Bergfelde, Germany

Gerhard Lutter