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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Daniel Ory, Le Plessis-Bouchard, FR;
Thierry Schupbach, Saint Crepin Ibouvilliers, FR;
Daniel Ory, Le Plessis-Bouchard, FR;
Thierry Schupbach, Saint Crepin Ibouvilliers, FR;
Faurecia Interieur Industrie, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
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.