Patent ID: 6024377
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag deployment assembly adapted for mounting to a structure within the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, comprising:a housing (22), including a first member and a second member, the first and second members are pivotally connected to each other, the housing is adapted to be supported relative to the structure (18), the first and second members are movable from a closed position to an open position for establishing a deployment aperture for an airbag (34); wherein the housing (22) is retained in a mounting aperture (28) formed in the structure and wherein at least one of the first and second member has a first panel secured thereto, the panel adapted to cover the mounting aperture (28) when the housing (22) is in the closed position, and wherein the relative movement of the first and second members to the open position displaces the panel to establish the deployment aperture andan airbag module (24) retained in the housing (22), the airbag module (24) includes an airbag (34) which when inflated causes the housing (22) to move from the closed position to the open position for deploying the airbag through the deployment aperture into the passenger compartment.