Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1995-03-31
1996-03-05
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280731, 403319, B60R 2116
Patent
active
054960576
ABSTRACT:
An air bag module includes an air bag and an inflator for discharging gas to inflate the air bag. The module includes a cover having a plurality of hooks and a base plate including a plurality of apertures for capturing the hooks of the cover therein. To securely retain the cover to the base plate, a cover retainer being a discontinuous resilient ring is utilized. The retainer is radially deformable for snap-fitted engagement with the base plate directly adjacent the hooks of the cover such that the retainer traps the hooks between the base plate and the retainer to prevent removal of the hooks from the apertures of the base plate and to anchor the cover to the base plate during air bag inflation.
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Conkey Howard N.
Dickson Paul N.
General Motors Corporation
Marra Kathryn A.
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