Simplified driver side air bag assembly

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1999-02-16

2000-11-21

Culbreth, Eric

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280735, B60R 2116

Patent

active

061491845

ABSTRACT:
An air bag module (20) comprising: a housing (22) having a first opening (102) within a first housing portion (100), a retaining member (24) having a second opening (52) and at least one pair of opposed open faced ramps (40a,b), an air bag (26) having an inflatable cushion portion (80) and a neck portion (82), the neck portion is located between the housing and retaining member (24), a cover (30) to protect the air bag, the cover being opened by the air bag upon inflation thereof, and an inflator (28) received within the first opening from a bottom of the first housing portion (100) and into the second opening (52), the inflator including a flange (36); wherein with an edge of the inflator flange located proximate a respective open face of a ramp and the inflator rotated, the flange engages the ramps and is drawn toward the retaining member thereby sandwiching the housing and air bag therebetween.

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