Airbag module mounting bracket with bendable mounting arms

Details Airbag module mounting bracket with bendable mounting arms Airbag module mounting bracket with bendable mounting arms

1996-10-01

1997-12-23

Culbreth, Eric D.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280731, B60R 2122

Patent

active

057000298

ABSTRACT:
An airbag module mounting bracket for mounting an airbag module within a steering wheel assembly in a vehicle. The mounting bracket includes a main body plate securable to the airbag module and defining a generally circular inflator-receiving aperture for fitting around a cylindrical airbag inflator of the airbag module, with the inflator-receiving aperture having a center point. The mounting bracket is attachable to the steering wheel at only two spaced-apart, opposing attachment points, with the attachment points positioned so that an imaginary straight line intersecting both attachment points is radially offset from the center point of the inflator-receiving aperture of the main body plate. A portion of the mounting bracket between the imaginary straight line and the center point of the inflator-receiving aperture is rigid yet bendable under torque caused by inflation of an airbag cushion in the airbag module, whereby the mounting bracket bends to allow the airbag module to rotate in order to place the inflated airbag cushion in an optimum position with respect to a vehicle driver.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5152358 (1992-10-01), Kozuka
patent: 5314203 (1994-05-01), Adams et al.
patent: 5383682 (1995-01-01), Nagata et al.
patent: 5507521 (1996-04-01), Steffens, Jr.
patent: 5584500 (1996-12-01), Nemoto

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