Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1996-07-10
1998-11-03
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280731, B60R 2116
Patent
active
058297774
ABSTRACT:
An air bag device includes an air bag, an inflator, a pad, a bag holder, and a retaining plate. The pad has a top wall covering the bag while the bag is in a folded position, and a substantially cylindrical side wall extending from the top wall near its outer edge along an axial direction with respect to a steering wheel column. The side wall has a plurality of pawl holes. The bag holder holds the air bag and is situated radially inward with respect to the side wall of the pad. The bag holder has a plurality of outwardly protruding pawls, each pawl being received by one of the mounting holes of the pad. The side wall of the pad has a first portion not adjacent to the retaining plate and a second portion adjacent to the retaining plate. The pawls protruding through the holes in the first portion of the pad side wall have a protruding length larger than that of the pawls protruding through the holes in its second portion, so as to enhance the ease of assembling the pad to the bag holder.
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patent: 5435593 (1995-07-01), Hiramitsu et al.
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Sakane Katsunobu
Sakurai Kouji
Yamamoto Tadashi
Dickson Paul N.
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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