Mounting arrangement for an airbag module

• US 20020067029A1
• Filed: 12/06/2000
• Published: 06/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Guthke, Detlev Wilhelm, Nilson, Hans Gert
• Application Number:
  US09/731,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20020067029A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/23123 Heat protection panels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/2617 Curtain bag nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/232 Curtain-type airbags deploying mainly in a vertical direction from their top edge

Abstract

An airbag module (10) comprising an airbag (14) having an extended profile; a longitudinally extending structural member (16) positioned inside the airbag; and at least two mounting devices (12) for mounting the airbag module in position; each mounting device comprising a first part (22) and a second part (24); each first part being positioned inside the airbag and having a first portion (32) making a sliding fit on the structural member, and an upstanding portion (34) having a predefined shape; each second part being positioned outside the airbag and having a first portion (36) with a slot (38) of predefined shape for receiving the upstanding portion and a portion (28) of the airbag in a tight fit, and a second portion (40) for mounting the airbag module. Provides a mounting arrangement for an airbag module without the need for an aperture in the airbag.

Claims

1. An airbag module comprising an airbag having an extended profile;

a longitudinally extending structural member positioned inside the airbag; and

at least two mounting devices for mounting the airbag module in position;

each mounting device comprising a first part and a second part;

each first part being positioned inside the airbag and having a first portion making a sliding fit on the structural member, and an upstanding portion having a predefined shape;

each second part being positioned outside the airbag and having a first portion with a slot of predefined shape for receiving the upstanding portion and a portion of the airbag in a tight fit, and a second portion for mounting the airbag module.

2. An airbag module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the structural member is a gas tube for delivering inflation gas to the airbag during deployment of the airbag.

3. An airbag module as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the first portion of the first part of each mounting device is annular.

4. An airbag module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the upstanding portion of the first part of each mounting device, and the slot of the first portion of the second part of each mounting device are substantially T-shaped.