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Air bag restraint systems

  • US 5,209,520 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1992
  • Issued: 05/11/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An air bag restraint system comprising an air bag module having an inflator with an arming plunger which must be depressed to arm the inflator, the air bag module being mounted between a pair of side plates of a bracket assembly for pivotal movement between inoperative and operative positions, means for releasably securing the air bag module in its operative position, an arming mechanism comprising a pin mounted with respect to the arming plunger for transverse movement with respect thereto between a disarmed and an armed position, the pin being adapted to engage a contoured end face of the arming plunger to depress the arming plunger as it moves from its disarmed to its armed position, the pin being biased to its disarmed position and an anvil associated with the bracket assembly being provided for engagement of the pin to move it from its disarmed to its armed position as the air bag module is pivoted from its inoperative to its operative position.

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