Air bag assembly
First Claim
1. An assembly comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical member or can including an opening into which generator means may be inserted, the generator means of the type responsive to a control signal, for generating gas to inflate an air bag means;
air bag means, responsive to the gas, for protecting, when activated, an occupant of a vehicle, comprising an inflatable bag or sack, a portion thereof being disposed in a compacted or stored condition, during periods prior to deployment, proximate a side of the cylindrical member containing at least one aperture, the inflatable bag, including an open end, generally opposite the compacted portion, disposed about the cylindrical member to receive the gas and including relatively opposing flaps extending from proximate the open end and adapted to envelop a portion of the cylindrical member, the flaps, proximate a side of the cylindrical member, away from the at least one aperture, disposed in an overlapping, condition, one to the other.
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Abstract
An assembly comprising: a hollow cylindrical member or can including an opening into which a gas generator may be inserted, the gas generator of the type responsive to a control signal, for generating gas to inflate an air bag. The assembly including the air bag, for protecting, when activated, an occupant of a vehicle, comprising an inflatable bag or sack, disposed in a compacted or stored condition, during periods prior to deployment, proximate a side of the cylindrical member containing at least one aperture, the inflatable bag, including an open end disposed about the cylindrical member to receive the gas an including relatively opposing flaps extending from proximate the open end and adapted to envelop the cylindrical member, the flaps, proximate a side of the cylindrical member, away from the at least one apature, disposed in an overlapping, condition, one to the other. A band of tearable material is provided to secure the air bag in its stored or predeployment condition.
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32 Claims
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1. An assembly comprising:
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a hollow cylindrical member or can including an opening into which generator means may be inserted, the generator means of the type responsive to a control signal, for generating gas to inflate an air bag means; air bag means, responsive to the gas, for protecting, when activated, an occupant of a vehicle, comprising an inflatable bag or sack, a portion thereof being disposed in a compacted or stored condition, during periods prior to deployment, proximate a side of the cylindrical member containing at least one aperture, the inflatable bag, including an open end, generally opposite the compacted portion, disposed about the cylindrical member to receive the gas and including relatively opposing flaps extending from proximate the open end and adapted to envelop a portion of the cylindrical member, the flaps, proximate a side of the cylindrical member, away from the at least one aperture, disposed in an overlapping, condition, one to the other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of assembling an air bag assembly, the method including the steps of:
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(a) providing a cylindrical member, (b) providing an inflatable bag including opposingly situated flaps positioned about an open end thereof (c) positioning the bag proximate the cylindrical member, (d) overlapping the flaps about one another to at least partially envelop the cylindrical member, (e) compacting that portion of the inflatable bag which expands into a specific volume in positional relationship to the cylindrical member, (f) enveloping the cylindrical member and compacted inflatable bag with a material capable of being ruptured. (g) securing the bag and material to the cylindrical member. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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