Patent ID: 7364187
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B60H,B60R

Abstract:
1. In a vehicle having a windshield, a ventilation device, comprising: an instrument panel having a front passenger region with a front instrument-panel wall region and a rear instrument-panel wall region, said front instrument-panel wall region being assigned to the windshield, said rear instrument-panel wall region, when viewed in cross section through said instrument panel, adjoining said front instrument panel wall region in a direction away from the windshield and toward a vehicle interior, said rear instrument-panel wall region serving as a potential head-impact instrument panel wall region for a front passenger; an individual vent nozzle provided at said instrument panel; an individual vent air-feeding duct for feeding air to said individual vent nozzle, said individual vent air-feeding duct being covered by said instrument panel; an air supply device coupled to said individual vent air-feeding duct; an airbag module including an airbag housing, an airbag, and a gas generator, said airbag and said gas generator being accommodated in said airbag housing, said airbag module, when in a mounted state, being covered by said instrument panel; said individual vent air-feeding duct extending below said potential head-impact instrument panel wall region substantially in a direction of a transverse axis of the vehicle; said front passenger region being configured such that a free space is provided in front of said individual vent air-feeding duct when viewed along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, said airbag module being disposed in the free space in front of said individual vent air-feeding duct such that said airbag module is assigned to said front instrument panel wall region and is substantially outside said potential head-impact instrument panel wall region; said front instrument-panel wall region facing the windshield having a region with air passage openings formed therein for a diffuse ventilation of the vehicle interior; and a branch duct extending from said individual vent air-feeding duct to a region below said air passage openings.