Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the present invention relates to a trim panel for concealing an air bag. The panel comprises a substrate and a cover over the substrate. The cover includes a cover skin. The panel also comprises a tear seam having at least a portion comprising a pattern of alternating residual wall thicknesses in the panel. At least one embodiment of the present invention also relates to a method for making a trim panel for concealing an air bag.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an invisible passenger airbag door, and more particularly, to an invisible passenger airbag door that is constructed by defining an incision portion through processing of micro holes on an instrument panel. In the invisible passenger airbag door, an incision portion is constructed at a portion of an instrument panel where a passenger airbag is installed, by processing micro holes at a corresponding portion of an inner surface of the instrument panel to conform to an outer contour of the passenger airbag. The micro holes constructing the incision portion are filled with a filling material that comprises fine particles with no viscosity.

Abstract: A vehicular pedal supporting structure includes a pedal bracket, a pedal, and a guide. A front portion of the pedal bracket is fixed to a first vehicle-body-side constituent member, while a rear portion of the pedal bracket is extended toward a rear of the vehicle. The pedal is supported on lateral side portions of the pedal bracket so as to be swingable around a center shaft. The guide causes the rear portion of the pedal bracket to be displaced backwards and downwards when the pedal bracket is displaced backwards as a result of application of a frontal external force to create a rotational displacement of the rear portion of the pedal bracket relative to the front portion. The pedal bracket is provided with a rupture creation mechanism for ensuring that the rear portion of the pedal bracket is at least partially ruptured from the front portion thereof when the rear portion is rotationally displaced.

Abstract: An airbag system comprises an airbag, an inflator, a squib, a high-side switch, a low-side switch, a firing circuit for switching the two switches, a first motion detecting circuit including an acceleration sensor, a second motion detecting circuit including an acceleration sensor, a first collision determining circuit for outputting a firing signal to the firing circuit, and a second collision determining circuit for outputting a firing signal to the firing circuit. The first collision determining circuit comprises an analog comparator for comparing a signal from the first motion detecting circuit with a reference value.

Abstract: An actuator assembly for a suspension is provided, in which a hinge unit is formed on an actuator and the actuator can be rotated according to a forward or backward movement of a rod, and thereby it is possible to prevent sliding at the joint of the lever and the actuator, thus to secure durability of the system.

Abstract: Method for actuating a reversible belt pretensioner for pretensioning a belt webbing, the belt pretensioner having a drive which acts on the belt reel, and the seat belt having, as a belt extraction lock, a locking device which acts on the belt reel in the unwinding direction and whose locking can be released only if the belt reel is rotated through a specific angle of rotation in the winding-on direction. After the triggering of the belt pretensioner, the drive of the belt pretensioner for opening the locking device is actuated in an opening mode such that firstly, in a winding-on phase, the belt reel rotates through the specific angle of rotation in the winding-on direction. In a subsequent holding phase, the drive of the belt pretensioner is actuated for a predefinable holding time TH such that the belt reel is held in its angular position.

Abstract: An enhanced fastening assembly may be used, for example, to attach an emblem to an airbag cover. The fastening assembly may include the emblem and a backing member. The emblem may have a panel with a decorative surface and one or more protrusions extending from the opposite side of the panel. Each protrusion has a proximal end adjacent to the panel and a larger distal end. The protrusions extend through openings in the cover. The backing member has open-ended slots that receive the proximal ends to interfere with withdrawal of the distal ends through the openings. Tabs adjacent to the slots snap into position to abut the distal ends to restrict removal of the backing plate from the emblem. In one alternative embodiment, the emblem also has hooks that pass through additional holes in the cover and engage supplemental slots of the backing member to provide for more secure attachment.

Abstract: A cover body of a vehicle air bag apparatus, being comprised of a covering portion which is formed integrally with an interior panel body and which has a door portion defined by a tear seam formed in a back of the interior panel body, and, a backing portion joined to a back of the covering portion. The covering portion is made of polyolefin resin having a flexual elastic modulus of from 1500 to 3500 MPa, a tensile strength of from 17 to 40 MPa, an Izod impact strength of from 3.0 to 15.0 kJ/m2, and an elongation of 400% or less. The backing portion is made of thermoplastic olefin which is softer and has a greater elongation. The backing portion is comprised of a reinforcing portion at a back of the door portion, a surrounding base at the back of the covering portion, and a hinge portion joining the reinforcing portion and the surrounding base.

Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle driven by generated electric power of a fuel cell comprises a fuel cell box disposed underneath a floor for storing therein the fuel call, G sensors for detecting a deformation of a vehicle body sideward of the fuel cell box, and a shut-off valve for closing a supply side piping of a hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell when a predetermined amount of deformation or the vehicle body is detected by the G sensors.

Abstract: A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising at least a seat, and a recess which is formed receding downwardly in a floor of the vehicle immediately behind the seat. A cross member extends across the vehicle width above the recess and is fixed to the vehicle body at its opposite ends. A buckle connecting member is connected with a buckle of the seat belt for the seat at one end and connected with the cross member at the other end.