Deutsche Fibrit Gesellschaft Ebers & Dr. Muller Mbh

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Benecke-kaliko Ag

K.l. Kaschier-und Laminier Gmbh

Johnson Controls Interiors

Johnson Controls Interiors Gmbh Co. Kg

Hartmut Harnisch

Martin Lippert

Steven Madge

Matthias Berg

Werner Reinhardt

Albert Roring

Jürgen Bühring

Michael Grimmelt

Jürgen Marquardt

Johannes Jordan

Martin Bittner

Peter Haubach

Katja Fischer

Lars Kischa

Völker Hülsewede

Dieter Renner

Volker Hülsewede

Uwe Asmus

A thermoplastic film for airbag covers contains a cover layer and a foam layer. The cover layer is made of at least two layers, having an outer layer and an inner layer, and an elongation at tear of the inner layer of the cover layer and of the foamed layer is considerably less than the elongation at tear of the outer layer of the cover layer.

Thermoplastic film for airbag covers

The invention relates to a hinge for an airbag cover, having a planar textile element as a hinge between the cover of the airbag and an adjacent airbag cover region, for example in the interior of a motor vehicle, and to a region of the planar textile element which faces a carrier of the airbag cover and is embedded in a matrix which is connected to the cover, and a region of the planar textile element which is not embedded in the matrix.

Hinge for an airbag cover

In a method for producing a weakened zone, in particular a predetermined breaking point for an airbag exit opening, in a carrier part equipped on the visible side with a decorative material, in particular a leather decoration, the carrier part is provided with a weakened section using first process, and weakening of the decorative material is performed through the weakened section of the carrier part using a second process. The weakening of the carrier part and the weakening of the decorative material taking place temporally close to one another, in particular at the same time. Furthermore, the invention relates to a component and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Method for producing a weakened zone, in particular a predetermined breaking point for an airbag exit opening, component and apparatus

The invention relates to an internal cladding member, more particularly a motor vehicle dashboard comprising a support which is lined with a foil coated with cellular material and which has for the emergence of an airbag on its release a flap integral with the support and covered by the foil, which has an impressed groove along the edges of the flap. The characterizing feature of the invention is that the joint separating the flap from the support over a portion of its periphery is narrower than 1.5 mm and the foil is weakened in the zone of the joint.

Internal cladding member

A motor vehicle dashboard has a cutaway portion on the passenger's side, into which a hinged flap is inserted. Connected to the underside of the dashboard is a reinforcing half-shell with a discharge channel for an air bag. The characterizing feature of the invention is that the discharge channel forms an integral structural component with the reinforcing half-shell.

Dashboard having an integral air bag discharge channel

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Grefrath, Germany

Hartmut Harnisch