Air bag assembly with housing and fastenerless deployment door

Details Air bag assembly with housing and fastenerless deployment door Air bag assembly with housing and fastenerless deployment door

1992-10-30

1994-04-19

Focarino, Margaret A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280732, B60R 2116

Patent

active

053039513

ABSTRACT:
An assembly for an air bag (56) adapted to fit within an opening (22) in a panel in the vehicle interior such as an instrument panel. The assembly comprises a housing (44) including a first wall (100) and an opposite second wall (102), a flexible wall member (106) secured to the first wall (100) defining a space (132) therebetween to receive a hinge portion of the deployment door. One of the first wall (100) and flexible wall members (106) includes a plurality of depressions or first tabs (112) which extend into the space (132) to provide a mechanism to engage and lock the hinge portion of the deployment door in place. The second wall (102) includes at least one louver (122) forming a pocket (123) and a plurality of outwardly extending tabs (120) which provide a mechanism to engage and lock in place a tear seam portion of the deployment door.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4893833 (1990-01-01), DiSalvo et al.
patent: 4989897 (1991-02-01), Takada
patent: 5167427 (1992-12-01), Baba

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