Motor vehicle with A-pillar and airbag mounted therein

• US 8,109,532 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Schirm, Sven, Kreisl, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, DREW J
• Application Number:
  US12/437,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20100001496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.2, 280/728.2, 280/728.3, 296/39.1, 296/193.06, 296/1.08
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/215 characterised by the covers for the inflatable member B60R21/2176 takes precedence

Abstract

A motor vehicle is provided with a passenger cell having an A-pillar, which is arranged laterally of a windshield of the vehicle, and includes, but is not limited to bracing connected with the A-pillar, and the A-pillar and the bracing are connected and spaced from each other with a sidewall part of the passenger cell, and on a side facing the passenger interior a covering part is arranged which is connected with the A-pillar. An airbag is provided within the A-pillar and mounted between the A-pillar and the covering part and extends forward to beyond the contact region of the bracing on the A-pillar. The covering part covers the airbag, and with the bracing a further covering part is connected and the two covering parts are detachably connected with each other.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a passenger cell having an A-pillar that is arranged laterally of a windshield of the motor vehicle;

a bracing connected with the A-pillar;

a sidewall part of the passenger cell that spaces the A-pillar and the bracing,

a side facing of an interior of the motor vehicle and a first covering part connected with the A-pillar;

an airbag mounted on the A-pillar that is arranged between the A-pillar and the first covering part and extends forward beyond an area of action of the bracing on the A-pillar,

wherein the first covering part is adapted to cover the airbag, and with the bracing a second covering part is connected and the first covering part and the second covering part are detachably connected with each other; and

wherein the second covering part partially extends over a length of the first covering part, wherein the second covering part extends at least over a first region of the first covering part, and wherein the first region covers the airbag.

2. The motor vehicle according to Claim 1, wherein the first covering part and the second covering part in the first region are arranged in an overlapping manner.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the first covering part in the first region is provided with projections and the second covering part to a lateral edge of the second covering part comprises an open clearance for an engaging accommodation of the projections.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first covering part and the second covering part are connected with each other by way of a positive connection.