Patent ID: 6817627
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A motor vehicle equipment assembly, comprising:an air bag support; a gas generator; an air bag fixed to the support by first fixing means; a force spreader plate for spreading the impact force from a passenger over the air bag, said plate having an inside surface; and frangible second fixing means fixing said plate relative to the support when the air bag is in a rest configuration, which means are broken under the force for deploying the air bag; wherein the air bag comprises the force spreader plate and a sheath of substantially closed cross-section, wherein the sheath has an inside surface and a first end, wherein the sheath has a second end formed by an edge of closed outline, wherein the sheath is fixed to the force spreader plate along said second end by second fixing means in such a manner that an inside volume of the air bag is defined in a portion adjacent to the second end of the sheath by the inside surface of the sheath and by a portion of the inside surface of the force spreader plate, and wherein said inside surface of the sheath and said portion of the inside surface of the force spreader plate are exposed to a gas introduced into the air bag by said gas generator during deployment of the air bag.