Patent ID: 8172259
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible airbag cover for receiving an airbag compressed into an airbag package for an airbag module of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one precut material section of a flexible material; and connecting sites, by way of which regions of the at least one precut material section are connected to each other such that the at least one precut material section forms a cover that at least partially receives the airbag package, wherein the at least one precut material section is formed as a flat precut part before establishing connections at the connecting sites, wherein the airbag cover forms an outer cover of the airbag module such that the airbag cover is at least in sections visible to a vehicle occupant to be protected by the airbag module when installed into the vehicle as intended, wherein the flexible airbag cover forms a most outer casing of the airbag package in a direction of the vehicle occupant to be protected and in a direction diagonally to a main deployment direction along which the airbag is expanded during inflation in the direction of the vehicle occupant to be protected, wherein at least some of the connecting sites are configured disconnectable such that the disconnectable connecting sites are disconnected upon inflation and deployment of the airbag as intended in an event of a crash, and wherein the airbag cover has a shell section encompassing the airbag package and a cover section arranged on a front side of the shell section.