Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1994-06-15
1995-06-06
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
2807431, B60R 2116
Patent
active
054216079
ABSTRACT:
An air bag module includes an air bag having a circular bag opening and a retainer plate including a circular plate opening. A peripheral hem portion surrounds the bag opening. The air bag module also includes a discontinuous circular ring having a first end and a second end which are circumferentially spaced apart to form a circumferential gap. The ring is located within the hem portion of the air bag. The ring has a relaxed position in which the gap is fully open and the ring has a diameter greater than that of the plate opening. The ring also has a deformed position in which the gap is reduced and the deformed ring has a diameter less than that of the plate opening such that the ring and air bag are insertable through the plate opening. Upon insertion of the ring through the plate opening, the ring reopens to the relaxed position and is captured beneath the plate such that the air bag is anchored to the plate and removal of the ring back through the plate opening is prevented.
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Conkey Howard N.
Ellis Christopher
Focarino Margaret A.
General Motors Corporation
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