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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Instrument panel for a motor vehicle having an airbag device integrated in a ventilation arrangement
Thomas Reiter, Dachau, DE;
Karl-heinz Sommer, Stockdorf, DE;
Jörg Albert, Gemering, DE;
Mathias Köppl, München, DE;
Thomas Reiter, Dachau, DE;
Karl-Heinz Sommer, Stockdorf, DE;
Jörg Albert, Gemering, DE;
Mathias Köppl, München, DE;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
An airbag module and instrument panel assembly for a motor vehicle having at least one ventilation outlet and a ventilation duct attached thereto and arranged behind an instrument panel. The airbag module is fastened behind the instrument patent and has a gas generator and a folded airbag arranged within its housing wherein a ventilation outlet is closed by a grid that opens when the airbag module is triggered and is provided within the instrument panel for the unfolding airbag. The airbag module is arranged adjacent to the ventilation duct in such a manner that when the airbag module is triggered, the airbag unfolds into the ventilation duct and from there unfolds out of the instrument panel through the ventilation outlet. The pressure of the unfolding airbag moves away from the ventilation outlet which is arranged within the instrument panel.