TRW Automotive

About: TRW Automotive is a company organization based out in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Steering wheel & Airbag. The organization has 1937 authors who have published 2563 publications receiving 16384 citations.

Vehicle occupant retaining device, has control element connecting rear envelope and front envelope of gas cushion and forcing cushion to extend in shape of arc from case until free end of cushion when cushion is in deployed state

Abstract: The device (1) has a gas cushion (10) housed in a case (14) and inflated when activated by a gas provoked from a gas generator fixed on the case. A control element (18) e.g. guard strip, is engaged on the gas cushion and connects a rear envelope and a front envelope of the gas cushion. The control element forces the cushion to extend in the shape of arc from the case until a free output end (17) of the cushion when the cushion is in a deployed state.

Airbag covering device

Abstract: The outlet cover (1) is multilayered, and only in its first layer it has a complete tear-off line (2) which is formed as breaking point. The second layer has a tear-off line (3) which is shorter than the tear-off line of the first layer. The tear-off line (3) of the second layer may at least partially correspond to the tear-off line (2) in the first layer. The first layer is made of a harder material that the second one, and is placed adjacent to the airbag.

Yoke assembly for a rack and pinion steering gear and method for producing the same

Abstract: A yoke assembly adapted for use in a rack and pinion steering gear assembly for a vehicle comprises a yoke housing having a bore; a yoke bearing disposed in the bore; a yoke cover secured in the bore; a spring disposed in the bore between the yoke bearing and the yoke cover; and an automatic-adjusting mechanism secured in the yoke cover. The automatic-self adjusting mechanism includes a member which is configured to self adjust and move in a direction toward the yoke bearing so as to maintain the member in constant contact against the yoke bearing as associated components of the rack and pinion steering gear wear.

Method and apparatus for switching several electric circuits

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for switching several electric circuits in a vehicle, wherein several positions of an actuating element are binarily coded, the binary codification is fed to a logic and the logic controls the switching of the electric circuits, and also a corresponding switch with an actuating element and a switching device for attaining several switching modes, depending upon the position of the actuating element, wherein the switching device is constructed of several switching elements with two switching modes each, so that there results a binary codification of the switching modes of all switching elements, depending upon the position of the actuating element in order to switch the electric circuits by means of a logic.

Airbag package for an occupant restraining system of a motor vehicle, occupant restraining system, and method for producing such an airbag package

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag package (1) for an occupant restraining system of a motor vehicle, comprising a folded airbag (2) and free spaces formed between the material of the airbag. The airbag package (1) has an actual package volume V real which is composed of the airbag volume V bag of the airbag (2) and the free space volume V free of the free spaces. The invention is characterized in that the ratio V real /V bag between the package volume V real and the airbag volume V bag is 3.2 at most. The invention further relates to an occupant restraining system with such an airbag package and to a method for producing an airbag package.