Air bag module

Details Air bag module Air bag module

1998-05-08

1999-09-07

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280732, B60R 2116

Patent

active

059475102

ABSTRACT:
An air bag module (20) comprising: an air bag (42) including a neck (44) through which inflation gas is received, the neck having a plurality of ends or flaps (46a-d). The module further includes a housing (22) having upper (24) and lower (26) housing members each with a respective flange (28, 50), a respective one of the flaps (46a-d) is sandwiched between the flanges. The lower housing member (26) includes an inflator-receiving portion (60), comprising a side wall (62) and opposing first and second end walls (64a, 64b), wherein each end wall includes a respective opening (66, 68). An inflator (70) is received within and supported by the inflator-receiving portion (60), the inflator includes a first end (76, 78) a part of which is received with the opening (68) in a second end wall (64b) to close the opening (68), an outwardly movable threaded nut (80, 82) for securing the inflator to the first end wall (64a), for enclosing the opening (66) in the first end wall (64a) and for generating an outward load on the first end wall (64a) and in so doing generating an outward reaction load on the second end wall (64b).

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patent: 5419584 (1995-05-01), Halford
patent: 5433472 (1995-07-01), Green et al.
patent: 5582422 (1996-12-01), Kelly et al.
patent: 5639112 (1997-06-01), Phillion et al.

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