Patent ID: 7172215

Claim:
Set of equipment for a motor vehicle, comprising: an inflatable structure, an element forming a support for the inflatable structure, an element forming a load-spreading plate spreading the load of an impact of an occupant of the motor vehicle with the deployed inflatable structure, and at least one frangible member for fixing the load-spreading plate to the support, the frangible member being intended to break as the inflatable structure deploys, wherein the set comprises a sheath, an open first end of which is fixed to the support and an open second end of which is fixed to the load-spreading plate, the inflatable structure being formed by the sheath and the load-spreading plate which closes off the second end of the sheath, and wherein the frangible member comprises a web, a peripheral region of which is fixed to a first element, either the load-spreading plate or the support, and a central region of which is fixed to the other of either the load-spreading plate or the support, the web being placed inside a space delimited by the sheath, the support and the load-spreading plate.