Patent ID: 8657328

Claim:
An arrangement of a motor vehicle instrument panel inflatable airbag comprising an instrument panel body having an aperture for the passage of an inflatable airbag, a flap closing this aperture and articulated to a transverse articulation edge of this aperture, characterized in that it comprises a firing canal fixed on the underside face of the instrument panel body and forming a surround surrounding the aperture, this firing canal having a flat lower face intended to accept an inflatable airbag module, at least one tether fixed to the flap and to the firing canal to form a hinge and/or to limit the opening of the flap, in that the firing canal comprises at least one opening oriented radially with respect to the aperture so as to establish communication between an internal face and an external face of an edge of the firing canal, and in that the tether passes radially through this opening so as to be fixed while firmly retained at an external face of the firing canal when the flap opens subsequent to the inflation of the airbag, and in that at least one opening through which the tether passes is in the form of a slot or a notch open in the upper face or in the lower face of the firing canal.