Mannesmann Vdo Ag

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Rolf Wich

Joachim Schäfer

Bernd Dreyer

Erik Wiesinger

Klaus D&ouml;hring

Axel Thielert

Klaus-J&uuml;rgen Kurr

A pyrotechnic actuator is provided for an active hood that encompasses an installation site for a gas generator, a cylinder incorporating a moving piston and a compressed gas line that joins the installation site with the cylinder. A filter body for trapping particles from the gas stream of the gas generator is arranged on the compressed gas line.

Pyrotechnic actuator with filter

In a ventilation box ( ) of a motor vehicle, the ventilation box being composed of a plurality of housing parts ( ), housing parts ( ) arranged in the region of a steering column ( ) are formed to be fastened selectively on the left or the right side of the motor vehicle. As a result, the ventilation box ( ) can be converted for the respective motor vehicle, irrespective of the position of the steering column ( ).

Ventilation box for arrangement in a motor vehicle

An assembly for a cockpit area of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, having a cross member extending approximately over the width of a vehicle interior, the cross member having attachment points at its end regions for the connection to a vehicle cell and an attachment point which is eccentric to the vehicle longitudinal axis, for the connection to a steering column. In order to simplify the manufacture of the cockpit assembly and to reduce the wide variety of types of components used, the cross member and the attachment points form a constructional unit and that the external shape of the cross member and the attachment points for the connection to the vehicle cell and for the connection to the steering column are symmetrical to the longitudinal central plane of the cross member or are symmetrical to the geometrical central point of the cross member, which central point is situated on a parallel line to the vehicle longitudinal axis and perpendicularly above the longitudinal axis, the longitudinal central plane of the cross member being that plane which extends vertically and in the direction of the vehicle transverse axis and which intersects the geometrical central point of the cross member, which central point is situated on a parallel line to the vehicle longitudinal axis and perpendicularly above the longitudinal axis.

Sub-assembly for a motor vehicle dash board area

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Hainburg, Germany

Rolf Wich