Takata Petri Ag

Wilhelm Schnabel

Andreas Laue

Rudolf Helfrich

Detlef Crohn

Klaus Vath

Joachim Blattner

Hans Martin Hauck

Thomas Siegmund

A cover plate for an airbag module, such as a driver side airbag module. The cover plate includes a cover part and at least one wall which extends in a generally perpendicular manner in relation to the cover part. In order to prevent indentation areas from forming on the visible surface of the cover part on the transition points towards the walls and to provide the simple deformation of the airbag cover from the production tool, the wall extends, when seen in the cross-section thereof, at distances which are short in relation to the length of the wall, alternating in different directions.

Cover plate for an airbag module

The invention relates to a steering wheel having an air-bag module which has a gas generator and an air bag and is covered with respect to the passenger compartment by means of a covering cap provided on the upper side of the steering wheel, the gas generator being provided as an oscillation damper by being mounted in the air-bag module in at least one element which is elastically deformable when the steering wheel oscillates. According to the invention, the gas generator ( ) is peripherally mounted in the elastically deformable element ( ) and/or the elastically deformable element ( ) has a peripheral sealing lip ( ) which, after the gas generator is ignited, bears against the latter or against a component connected to the latter.

Steering with airbag module

The invention relates to an airbag module comprising a gas generator, diffuser and a gas bag. The invention is characterized in that the gas generator ( ) is arranged in a diffuser ( ) or housing of the gas generator with a stepped structure when seen in a longitudinal section. The diffuser ( ) or the housing of the gas generator extends in the lower region of the side wall ( ) at a distance from the gas generator ( ). The lower region of the side wall ( ) extends beyond the gas generator ( ) in the direction of the occupant. The diffuser ( ) or the housing of the gas generator ( ) has a smaller cross-section than the gas generator ( ). Openings ( ) through which the gas from the gas generator flows into the gas bag ( ) are arranged in a perpendicular position to the occupant. The upper ( ) and lower ( ) regions of the side wall are connected to each other by at least one deformable center area ( ) of the side wall. One advantage provided by the inventive device is that the section of the diffuser that is located above the gas generator can, by virtue of its deformable center area, be moved out of the way of an occupant colliding therewith, thereby reducing the risk of injury.

Airbag module

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Niedernberg, Germany

Wilhelm Schnabel