Patent ID: 6010147
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A motor vehicle airbag module for housing an airbag and an airbag inflation arrangement to provide gas to inflate and deploy the airbag, the module comprising an open ended container defined by a top plate for attaching the module to a structural part of a motor vehicle, a bottom plate, two side walls and a rear wall, the top plate, bottom plate and side walls having front edges defining an aperture through which, in use, an airbag can be deployed wherein each of the side walls is formed as two parts, a first part connected to the top plate and a second part connected to the bottom plate and are interconnected and shaped relative to each other to define an interconnection therebetween which resists relative movement in one direction but provides no resistance to relative movement in an opposite direction, the interconnection being such that upon the application of an impact force to the bottom plate in a direction towards the top plate, the parts of the side wall members slide past each other in a controlled manner thereby allowing the bottom plate to move towards the top plate.