AIRBAG FASTENING DEVICE WITH SLIDE

• US 20100295273A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Newfrey Llc (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Newfrey Llc (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: LOHMER, Hermann-Josef, HAHN, Ernst-Ludwig, LAUTNER, Siegfried, WERNER, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 8,240,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars

Abstract

A fastening device for the airbag, in particular a window airbag, is provided, having a retainer to which the airbag can be fastened and that has an opening through which a mounting stud can be passed. Fastened to the retainer is a slide element that can be slid from an open position into a fastened position and the stud is captured in the opening by the slide in the fastened position.

Claims

1. An airbag retainer for securing an airbag, in particular a window airbag of a motor vehicle, to a fastening point, for example a weld stud including a head and a shank, inside the vehicle body, the retainer comprising:

an airbag retainer body defining an opening through which the stud can be passed;

a slide element slidably mounted on the retainer and movable to a fastened position; and

wherein the fastened position the slide element engages the weld stud such that the retainer will not come off the weld stud.

2. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, and further comprising a clamp, the clamp including a first part and a second part, and wherein the first part and the second part are arrangeable on opposite sides of a portion of the airbag, in order to sandwich and clamp the portion of the airbag between the first part and the second part.

3. An airbag retainer according to claim 2, wherein the clamp further including a hinge that flexibly joins the first part and the second part.

4. An airbag retainer according to claim 2, wherein the clamp further includes a clip for holding together the first part and the second part when the portion of the airbag is clamped in between.

5. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, and further comprising a latch engageable with the slide element to hold the slide element in the fastened position.

6. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the retainer body is injection-molded from plastic.

7. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the slide element is injection-molded from plastic.

8. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the slide element includes a semicircular edge that projects into the opening in the retainer when the slide element is in the fastened position.