Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1994-04-13
1995-05-30
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
2807282, B60R 2116
Patent
active
054195853
ABSTRACT:
A retrofit steering wheel assembly having an air bag assembly comprises an armature including a casting and an insert in the casting for coupling with a steering wheel column, with different inserts being used for different columns peculiar to different model vehicles. An inflator adapter is coupled with the casting and adapted to mount an inflator and has a hole to receive a pin of an air bag module, the adapter defining with the casting an opening through which surfaces of the inflator are adapted to travel to mount the inflator and arm a sensor. A biased arm closes the hole and is adapted to be moved to an open position at which the pin is adapted to penetrate the hole only when the inflator is properly mounted. An inflator having a radially extending lug adapted to engage the biased arm to move the arm to permit the pin to penetrate the hole to anchor the inflator in its properly mounted position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4899613 (1990-02-01), Kawaguchi
patent: 5085461 (1992-02-01), Shibata
patent: 5303952 (1994-04-01), Shermetaro et al.
patent: 5348340 (1994-09-01), Humphreys et al.
Brantman Russel
Breed Allen
Textores William O.
Thuen Ted
Breed Automotive Technology Inc.
Ellis Christopher P.
Hill Mitchell J.
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