Patent ID: 8297647

Claim:
A support member ( 2 ) for a motor vehicle comprising a housing ( 4 ) for receiving an airbag for a motor vehicle, the housing ( 4 ) being fixed to the support member ( 2 ) by at least one fixing means ( 18 ) which extends through a hole ( 20 ) of the support member and which is fixed to the housing ( 4 ), wherein the fixing means ( 18 ) is retained in the hole ( 20 ) with play so that the fixing means ( 18 ) is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains an axis of the hole ( 20 ), inside the hole ( 20 ) under the action of the deformation of the housing ( 4 ) so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag, and wherein the axis of the hole ( 20 ) extends substantially parallel to an axis of an opening ( 14 ) in the housing ( 4 ) through which the airbag deploys.