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6082758 Driver air bag horn ground spring  
An air bag module and steering wheel assembly having an air bag module including a horn switch and a circuit for grounding the switch through a steering wheel in which it is assembled. The air bag...
6082765 Air bag module with fluid venting  
A vehicle safety apparatus (10) includes a vehicle occupant protection device (12) inflatable from a deflated condition to an inflated condition to help protect an occupant of a vehicle. An...
6079732 Structure for arrangement of occupant protective apparatus for vehicle  
A structure for arrangement of an occupant protective apparatus for a vehicle includes: an inflator disposed at a predetermined position of a vehicle body and adapted to eject a gas at a time of a...
6079291 Steering wheel assembly, and a mounting structure and boss structure of the steering wheel assembly  
A steering wheel body 1 comprises sheaths 7a, 7b which covers a ring core bar 5 and spoke core bars 6A-6C, and a pad 3 formed integrally with the sheaths. A boss 8, 51, 28 is integral with the...
6079733 Trim piece construction for an air bag installation  
A trim piece construction for an air bag installation in which a scrim sheet is bonded onto the inside of the trim piece at the air bag location, and having one or more unbonded sections folded...
6079736 Steering wheel  
A steering wheel which has a ring shaped rim and is connected to a steering shaft of a vehicle via a hub, comprising a supporting member which is formed independently of the rim and the hub, is...
6076850 Airbag with gas generator  
In a device with a gas generator and an airbag for protecting passengers in the event of an accident, the gas generator is accommodated inside an airbag that is essentially closed all the way...
6076851 Airbag surround for seamless instrument panel  
An unique airbag support assembly for an instrument panel airbag is formed of a unitary design. The airbag support assembly has a door flap which is secured by a flexible hinge member to an outer...
6076849 Motor vehicle dashboard assembly  
A panel is inserted into a cutout in the visible boundary wall of a fascia, in particular in a motor-vehicle dashboard, which panel contains an airbag cover which is delimited with respect to the...
6070904 Air bag device with breakable retainer strap  
An air bag device has an air bag at least partially receivable in a predetermined receiving part of a vehicle along with an inflator for inflating the air bag. A band is breakable by a deployment...
6062591 Gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system  
In a gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system, a gas generator is held on a trough-shaped carrier part inbetween a diffusor cap, surrounding it, and the base of the carrier part by...
6062595 Air bag module cover having backlighted redundant control switches  
An air bag cover assembly having backlighted redundant control switches includes membrane switch circuits and translucent backing plates mounted to posts molded to an air bag cover. The redundant...
6062592 Steering wheel having air bag module  
A steering wheel in which a ceiling portion of a pad of an air bag module has adjacent peripheral edges extending along the individual spoke portions of a steering wheel body to be positioned close...
6056315 Airbag  
An arrangement for attaching a vehicule safety restraint airbag cover (5) to a housing (3), particularly for use with a driver's side airbag (1). The arrangement comprises: an airbag housing (3)...
6056313 Gas bag module for a vehicular occupant restraint system  
A gas bag module comprises a housing for an inflator, a retaining ring for a gas bag and a cover for said gas bag. The housing, the retaining ring and the cover are formed from plastic material....
6056314 Initiator retainer for air bag inflator  
An apparatus (10) for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (12) includes a housing (16, 40) defining a chamber (30). An actuatable inflation fluid source (80) in the chamber...
6053526 Air bag cover assembly having a membrane switch and an ornamental pad permanently fastened thereto and method of making same  
An air bag cover assembly is provided including a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag, an ornamental pad permanently fastened to the front panel within an outer recessed portion,...
6047984 Air bag cover and method of making same  
An air bag cover having a decorative badge secured thereto is made by injection molding a thermoplastic elastomeric body in an injection mold having a shape defining the air bag cover. Slots are...
6042143 Integrated steering wheel with improved manufacturing capability  
The invention relates to a simplified integrated steering wheel assembly and a simplified method for forming the integrated steering wheel assembly. The integrated steering wheel assembly has a...
6039340 Gas bag cover  
A gas bag cover of pliant material which is attachable to a vehicle by a fastener, includes at least one molded, protruding fastener web having at least one recess in which the fastener engages,...
6039140 Theft prevention attachment system  
A structure for preventing the theft of automobile airbags comprising a locking structure that obstructs access to fasteners used to attach an airbag to an automobile is disclosed. In addition, a...
6039341 Air bag module assembly  
An air bag module comprises an air bag, an air bag mounting bracket and a unitary flexible plastic housing having a front, opposed sides, a top, a bottom, a rear opening, and an integral door...
6036223 Hands free air bag electrical connector assembly  
An electrical connector assembly is provided for an air bag module mounted to a steering wheel. The air bag module includes an inflator and an air bag mounted to a base plate. The electrical...
6036222 Driver air bag module  
A driver air bag module is provided that is attachable to the steering wheel of an automotive vehicle and includes dual cylindrical inflators mounted to a base plate to which an air cushion...
6029992 Air bag module and steering wheel assembly  
An air bag module and steering wheel assembly includes an air bag module and a steering wheel. The air bag module includes a base plate and an air bag. At least one mounting member extends from the...
6022044 Support device for a vehicle occupant safety apparatus  
A vehicle occupant safety apparatus (10) includes an inflatable cushioning device (14), that has a deflated condition and an inflated condition in which the cushioning device (14) is located...
6022043 Integral airbag device  
An airbag device for the passenger side of a motor vehicle includes a gas cushion that, in the folded state, is integrated in a unit comprising a reinforcing semi-shell and the instrument panel,...
6017055 Vehicle occupant protection apparatus  
An apparatus (10) includes a module (38) which is assembled separately from a vehicle part (18) upon which the module (38) is mounted in a vehicle. The module (38) has a plurality of interconnected...
6017076 Fairing and fairingless enclosures for two-, three-, and four-wheel automotive vehicles/riders/passengers/loads (FFE)  
An airbag and environmental enclosure for automotive vehicle(s), rider(s), passenger(s), and loads is equipped with airbag systems which provide greatly increased safety and protection of the...
6017054 Vehicle occupant protection apparatus  
An apparatus (10) includes a retainer structure (80), a reaction structure (28), and an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14). The retainer structure (80) has a first clamping surface...
6012735 Trim panel having air bag door  
An interior trim panel for a motor vehicle has an opening for deployment of an air bag and a discrete air bag door that is attached to the interior trim panel for closing the opening and for being...
6010147 Motor vehicle and a motor vehicle airbag module  
An airbag module 20 is disclosed in which the side walls 28, 29 are formed in two parts 28U,28L; 29U,29L connected together by a one way connection that resists relative motion in one direction but...
6010146 Air bag device for vehicle  
The present invention relates to an air bag device for a vehicle comprising an inflator, an air bag, an air bag case for storing these and an air bag door, in which the air bag and the air bag door...
6007090 Air bag device for a motorcycle  
An air bag device for a motorcycle deploys to cushion an impact to a rider of the motorcycle during a collision. The air bag device is mounted to a body frame of the motorcycle in front of the...
6007087 Vehicle steering wheel with airbag module  
A vehicle steering wheel to be fitted with an airbag module, with a steering wheel body that is at least partially covered with plastic foam, the body being designed to receive an airbag module....
6000714 Steering wheel assembly and method of use  
A steering wheel/steering shaft assembly (10) comprising: a steering shaft (50) including a shaft portion having a first end (62), the first end including a first securing and aligning mechanism...
5997029 Airbag module for motor vehicle steering wheels  
An airbag module for motor vehicle steering wheels is proposed, having a gas generator (1), a folded together airbag (2), a dish-like generator support (3), a covering (4) which is connected to the...
5992875 Airbag assembly  
An airbag assembly comprises a mounting member for attachment to part of the vehicle, an airbag secured to the mounting member and a cover for the airbag. The cover is connected to the mounting...
5992878 Air bag system for vehicle seat  
A metal case consists of a inner case and an outer case, the inner case and the outer case have respective rear surface portions which are mutually separated but overlapped on a back side of the...
5992874 Airbag module  
An airbag module mounted on a boss section of a steering wheel of an automotive vehicle. The airbag module comprises an airbag which is inflatable and developable upon being supplied with gas. A...
5988735 Inner lining for the roof of a motor vehicle  
An inner lining for a motor vehicle with a finished ceiling made of a self-supporting form piece attachable to the edge of the motor vehicle structure includes at least one air-bag which is...
5979930 Gas bag module  
A gas bag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system has a substantially tubular gas generator, a gas bag, and a gutter-shaped mounting housing surrounding the gas generator. The mounting...
5979929 Fastenerless slip-on spring clip for airbag module retention  
A new and improved fastenerless spring clip is provided for mounting an airbag module assembly in a fixed position behind a breakaway cover formed in the instrument panel of the vehicle. One end of...
5979933 Air bag cover assembly including a switch fastenable to an air bag housing assembly  
An air bag cover assembly includes a plastic cover section, a switch section, a backing section and a set of temporary fasteners for fastening the backing section to the cover section to maintain...
5975560 Apparatus for securing a gas bag module  
An apparatus for securing a gas bag module to a vehicle part, more particularly to a steering wheel hub, is provided, in which the vehicle part comprises at least one protruding mounting part...
5975563 Motor vehicle instrument panel with flexible tethering hinged air bag deployment door  
A molded motor vehicle instrument panel made of a thermoplastic material has an integral air bag deployment door for a passenger side air bag that is defined by a tear seam and is normally retained...
5975561 Steering shaft attachment  
A rotatable steering shaft (12) has a surface (93) that defines a tapered locking opening (92). A mounting member (14) receivable on the shaft (12) has a first locking pin passage (70). A locking...
5975565 Vehicle occupant protection apparatus  
An apparatus (10) includes a seat frame (20), an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (18), and a reinforcing assembly (80). The frame (20) has a bottom portion (24) and a back portion...
RE36351 Fastener assembly  
A fastener assembly for securing a first panel member to a second panel member in a spaced-apart relationship. The fastener comprises a tubular shank portion having first and second end portions, a...
5967547 Air bag system for vehicle seat  
In order to reinforce the opening of an air bag container against excessive deformation, laterally extending ribs of beads are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the container. Vertically...