Abstract: A covering for an airbag module accommodated in the door lining and/or in the instrument panel of a vehicle. The covering has a main part of plastic comprising an airbag-attaching component and an airbag-covering component. The airbag-covering component can optionally be covered with expanded plastic. The module has a cover of real or imitation leather. There is at least one area in the form of a flap that can be ripped open in the vicinity of the airbag-covering component. The rip-open area is demarcated by a break-open line, constituted by a weakening of the material and by a hinging line. The covering is characterized by a groove-like outer depression along the break-open line that extends over the whole width of the covering and in that the cover is forced into the depression, doubling the material.

Abstract: The hub and spoked of a steering wheel consist of a synthetic thermoplastic resin and just as the rim are covered with a layer of a deformable plastic. To provide a steering wheel which is light in weight and has a high temperature stability, the hub and spokes consist of a polyamide which has been modified with elastomers and fibers.

Abstract: A continuous-casting plant having a mold-oscillating device is disclosed. In such plant one of a mold and a frame-like mold lift table bearing a mold is connected via connecting rods to eccentrics arranged on a shaft that is driven in rotation, with the stroke of the oscillation of said eccentrics being adjustable, the eccentrics being different eccentricities, and the connecting rods acting on defined points of attack of the mentioned one of the mold and lift table. At least two connecting rods are provided for each point of attack, with each connecting rod being connected to one eccentric. Each connecting rod of a point of attack is provided with a respective piston. The corresponding eccentrics of each point of attack which determine the stroke are connected in force-locked manner to the mentioned one of the mold and lift table via coupling means.

Abstract: A apparatus for the production of a vertical lift movement of a continuous casting ingot mold for metal, especially steel, consisting of at least one mechanical drive element which can be adjusted in its lifting height and which produces an adjustable oscillation. The drive element is supported by a foundation and makes contact with an continuous casting ingot mold. The drive element, at least one of which is provided, has a rotary plate inclined to the longitudinal axis at an adjustable angle about a swivel axis. On the side facing the direction of lift and outside the axis of rotation of the plate 20, one end of a rod is situated, the other end of the rod being situated in an element which supports the mold.

Abstract: A safety steering wheel having an impact protector mounted on the hub of the steering wheel and which consists of a collapsed gas bag and a housing which contains a propellant for inflating the gas bag. The impact protector is covered by a cover hood, which is made of soft elastic plastic and reinforced by a reinforcing layer. In order to prevent a bulging of the cover hood by the forces which are exerted by the collapsed gas bag, a frame is provided, which is secured to the carrier for the housing which contains the propellant. The frame surrounds the housing and the gas bag and comprises at least one retaining member, which is integrally joined to the frame and attached to that edge of the frame which faces the driver's compartment. The retaining member when in a rest position extends in front of the collapsed gas bag and in the case of an impact is adapted to be bent up toward the driver's compartment along a straight line.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle steering wheel has a rim, spokes and a deformable member, which occupies part of a bowl space and lies on a recessed hub of the steering wheel. In order to increase the passive safety, the rim of the steering wheel, the outside periphery of the hub of the steering wheel, the spokes of the steering wheel, and the surface of the deformable member are covered with a coherent layer of polyurethane integral skin foam.

Abstract: An improvement in a bowl-shaped steering wheel for a motor vehicle which steering wheel comprises a rim and a hub, the improvement residing in a deformable body disposed between said rim and said hub, said deformable body being a knitted metal wire which is embedded in a homogeneous plastically deformable foamed plastic material.

Abstract: A steering wheel for motor vehicles comprises a rim, a hub recessed from the rim and spokes connecting the rim to the hub. A deformable box-shaped member is connected to the spokes and disposed between the hub and the rim of the steering wheel for deforming movement relative to the rim, spokes and hub. The deformable member deforms to cushion the blow to an operator upon impact by an operator during a collision.