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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John-Oliver Derrick, Hettstadt, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/120 ;
Abstract
A gas bag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system has an inner side facing a gas bag to be covered and a wall thickness. The gas bag cover comprises at least one burst line being grooved into the cover from the inner side up to a predefined remaining wall thickness. The burst line comprises an initial point at which the remaining wall thickness has its minimum. The gas bag cover further comprises reinforcement ribs formed on the inner side of the cover, extending along a line which is tangent to the initial point of the burst line.