US Patent 8376395 Airbag flap arrangement hinged on a dashboard

The invention relates to an airbag flap arrangement hinged to a dashboard provided with an opening closed by a flap (4), both the opening and the flap being defined by an outline (3), the flap being suitable for opening so as to allow an airbag to be deployed. The arrangement is provided with one or more linear ties (11-14) fastened to one face of the dashboard body and to one face of the flap, in such manner that at least two linear tie segments straddle a lateral portion (8, 9) of the outline (3). The two linear tie segments are slack and cross over each other at the lateral portion of the outline that they straddle so as to constitute means for limiting the amplitude of opening of the flap. The invention relates to motor vehicle safety.