Attachment assemblies are provided for attaching airbag components, such as inflatable curtain modules and tethers, to surfaces inside a vehicle. The attachment assemblies may include a clip with a tapered stud having a circular or rectangular cross-sectional shape that can be pressed into a corresponding opening of the vehicle surface. Each of the tapered studs may have a plurality of branches designed to reduce the force required to insert the tapered stud into the corresponding opening. Addit...

A suspension fitting for a motor vehicle exhaust system, the fitting comprising a top and bottom strength members interconnected by a resilient system comprising firstly a single central support arm and secondly a flexible limiting ring surrounding the support arm to limit relative travel between the strength members in a direction corresponding to the support arm lengthening. The top and bottom strength members have respective downwardly and upwardly extending rigid limbs which are placed facin...

In case of emergency such as a side crash of the vehicle, when gas from the inflator flows quickly forward through the gas inlet passage and reaches the closed end at the front end of the gas inlet passage, the internal pressure in the gas inlet passage increases. Then, gas is blown from the gas exhaust ports into the airbag and the airbag is inflated and deployed. At this moment, the gas exhaust ports open in the direction along the inner surface of the side portion the vehicle body, so that ga...

A steering device for motor vehicles has a steering shaft that is guided by a guide box (3) which is connected to a retaining console and, for example, clamped. The console has at least one sliding surface (8) along the axis of the shaft (1) which allows for a displacement path (20) with respect to the chassis (18) in case of a collision. A clamp (17) is provided for axial retention of the console (6) in an initial position of the displacement path (20). In this way at least one part of the clam...

An air bag (10) includes first and second panels (31, 32) that are substantially identical to each other and that are secured to each other to define a first bag section (30). The first panel (31) has an inflation fluid inlet (38) and the second panel (32) has an inflation fluid outlet (70). The air bag (10) includes third and fourth panels (93, 94) that are substantially identical to each other and that are secured to each other to define a second bag section (90). The third panel (93) is secur...

A safety device for a motor vehicles that includes an airbag module which can be integrated in a vehicle seat. The airbag module includes a premanufactured modular unit which can be handled as a cohesive whole and has an inflatable airbag that may serve as a side airbag. The modular unit further includes a gas generator and a structural element forming part of a back wall of the vehicle seat being designed at the same time as a module covering for the modular unit.

A pair of bushing including an outer member having an outer main body and an outer flange; an inner member having an inner main body inserted into the outer member, an inner flange, and a through hole; and an elastic member disposed between the outer member and the inner member. The bushings are press-fit into a top aperture and a bottom aperture of a bushing-attaching hole in a suspension cross-member, respectively. When each bushing is press-fit into the apertures there exists a predetermined ...

A hub for a wheel wherein a buffer mechanism is inside the hub barrel to reduce shock caused by a difference in level and thus enhance comfort and durability, and the left and right lateral torsion in the direction of an axle of a wheel is eliminated to improve safety, this hub for a wheel (10) includes a mechanism wherein the hub barrel (11) has an axle (21) therein, a rotator (26) for rotating and supporting the axle (21) is made to buffer (40) independently of rotation of the axle (21), the b...

A safety belt apparatus for motor vehicles comprising a safety belt and a deflecting device for the safety belt which is connected to a holder which can be fastened to the vehicle via an absorption unit. The deflecting device being movable in an absorption direction by forces occurring relative to the holder with a pulling movement of the safety belt caused by an accident while overcoming an opposing absorption resistance of the absorption unit. The deflecting device being hindered from making a...

A tension sensing assembly for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a housing for operative connection to vehicle structure and at least one spring disposed in the housing. The tension sensing assembly also includes at least one magnet disposed in the housing and a Hall effect sensor disposed in the housing and cooperable with the at least one magnet. The tension sensing assembly further includes a movable mechanism at least partially disposed in the housing and cooperable with belt web...