Safety device for motor vehicle has hinge supporting installation opening door in pivoting movement between closed position where opening is covered, and open position where door's second edge section remains connected to hinge

摘要

The safety device(10) is fitted in the dashboard(20) of a motor vehicle, and extends out rearwards from the windscreen(22) and defines an installation opening(60). The safety device has a gas-producing inflation unit(46) to inflate an airbag(44), and a door(70) covers the whole installation opening(60). A hinge(76) is connected to the second edge section(74) of the door located furthest away from the windscreen and lies on the dashboard. The hinge supports the door on the dashboard in a pivoting movement around the hinge between a closed position where the whole opening is covered, and an open position where the door's second edge section remains connected to the hinge and lies on the dashboard, and whereby the first edge section(72) of the door stands further away from the dashboard as in the closed position.