Faurecia Interieur Industrie

Thierry Schupbach

Daniel Ory

Fabrice Pauthier

Franck Edeline

A method for injection molding of an airbag case comprising a chute channel and a flap, with the chute channel being adapted to receive an airbag. The injection molding is carried out in a mold and comprises the following steps: An airbag case in particular manufactures with such a method and dashboard for a vehicle.

Method for injection molding of an airbag case

A cover door that includes a frame having a wall and an upper aperture extending at the end of the wall, and a lid covering at least one portion of the upper aperture and movable relatively to the frame so as to clear the upper aperture. The lid is attached to the wall through a hinge-forming area. The hinge-forming area has at least one central hinge connecting a central portion of the lid to the frame, and at least one side hinge connecting a side portion of the lid to the frame. The side hinge has a greater length than the length of the central hinge.

Airbag cover door having a variable length hinge

A safety device for a vehicle, adapted to be arranged facing an airbag, comprising:

Safety device for vehicle

Safety device for vehicle, adapted to be arranged facing an airbag, comprising a chute channel delimiting a recess adapted to receive the airbag, said chute channel being formed by a reinforcing member, a first flap, and a first net. The first lap and a first reinforcing portion are overmolded onto the first net, which defines a hinge allowing the first flap to move relative to the first reinforcing portion. The device further comprises a second reinforcing portion overmolded onto the first net, and said first net defines a second hinge allowing the first reinforcing portion to pivot relative to the second reinforcing portion so that the first reinforcing portion is folded back onto the second reinforcing portion to form a transverse wall of the chute channel. Method for manufacturing such a safety device.

The invention relates to a mounting () for an inflatable airbag () module intended to be fitted on a lower face () of a motor vehicle dashboard (). This mounting forms a firing channel in which the airbag is guided in order to be deployed towards the passenger compartment through the dashboard (). It comprises an upper wall () intended to be fixed to the lower face () of the dashboard () and an upper face () to which the module () is intended to be fixed. This mounting () has a top portion () and a bottom portion () which are secured rigidly to one another and are produced from two different materials, with the material of the top portion () being more flexible than the material of the bottom portion (). The invention applies to motor vehicle safety.

Ageing-resistant mounting for inflatable airbag module

The invention relates to a vehicle instrument panel inflatable airbag arrangement (), comprising a flap covering an airbag module, a tether () secured to the flap and to fixed means () rigidly secured to the instrument panel to constitute an articulation of the flap with respect to the instrument panel. According to the invention, a portion () of the flexible tether () passes around a limit stop () that forms part of the fixed means () while being fixed to these fixed means () a certain distance away from this limit stop () so that when the flap opens, the linear tether () is torn out of the fixed means () in order to come to press against the limit stop () in order to release an additional length of tether making it possible to increase the mobility of the flap.

Inflatable airbag flap articulated to an instrument panel by a tether designed to release an additional length of tether when this flap opens

The invention relates to a dashboard () for an automobile, of the type that comprises a lower-resistance line defining a flap () to be opened under the pressure generated by the expansion of an airbag () upon an impact to the automobile, said flap including a wall () having an inner surface () on the side of a housing () containing the airbag, and an outer surface () opposite the inner surface, characterized in that it comprises a pattern () with which the flap is brought into contact upon the opening thereof, and in that the wall of the flap includes at least one breaking primer () located in the vicinity of a contact point (P) between the flap and the pattern, for breaking the wall into several parts.

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Saint Crepin Ibouvilliers, France

Thierry Schupbach