Patent ID: 6595543
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Motor vehicle equipment comprising:a fascia (4) of plastic material delimiting a deployment opening (14) for an airbag (9), wherein the opening is covered with a facing (16) when the airbag (9) is in an uninflated state; an airbag support (6) made of plastic arranged against the back surface of the fascia (4), this support (6) comprising a fixing flange (22) which extends over at least part of the periphery of the deployment opening (14), the support (6) further comprising a fixing plate (30) for fixing the facing to the support, said plate being connected to the flange (22) by a main hinge (32), the flange being fixed to the fascia (4) and the fixing plate (30) being fixed to the facing (16) at least in a region adjacent to the main hinge (32), characterized in that a reinforcing net (40), having meshes, is arranged between the flange (22) and the fascia (4), and between the plate (30) and the facing (16), said net (40) extending across the hinge region (32), in that the flange (22) and the fascia (4) are fixed together through the meshes of the net (40), in that the fixing plate (30) and the facing (16) also are fixed together through the meshes of the net (40), in that the fascia (4) and the facing (16) form a first premanufactured subassembly, and the airbag support (6) forms a second premanufactured subassembly distinct from the first subassembly, in that the fixing flange (22) and the fixing plate (30) have respective welding protrusions (36), and in that a top (38) of each welding protrusion (36) of the fixing flange (22) is fixed to an interior surface of the fascia (4) by welds, and the top (38) of each welding protrusion (36) of the fixing plate (30) is fixed to an interior surface of the facing (16) by welds.