Patent ID: 8042830

Claim:
A device for snap-fastening an airbag unit in a subassembly of a motor vehicle, the device comprising: snap-in elements associated with one another being provided on the airbag unit and on the subassembly of the motor vehicle, at least one snap-in hook is provided on the airbag unit or on the subassembly of the motor vehicle, and in that at least one single-piece, pivotable plastic snap-in clip on the respective other subassembly is associated with the snap-in hook and engages therewith in at least one region in the snap-in position, in that the plastic snap-in clip is mounted pivotably at one end thereof, characterized in that the plastic snap-in clip has adjoining said end a deformable section adjacent to which is a swivelable section so that the single-piece, pivotable plastic snap-in clip includes both the deformable section and the swivelable section, a stop on the subassembly of the motor vehicle being associated with the deformable section and the region which can be engaged being provided on the swivelable section so that as the snap-in hook engages the swivelable section for snap-fastening of the airbag unit to the motor vehicle subassembly, the deformable section is deformed and the swivelable section swivels at said end of the single-piece snap-in clip with the swivelable section swiveling toward the deformed deformable section of the single-piece snap-in clip.