Slide-together airbag module
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1. In an automotive airbag assembly comprising a trough-shaped reaction canister including a floor and first and second sidewalls;
- first and second endplates closing the ends of said canister;
an inflator chamber carried by said canister;
means for passing gases generated from within said inflator chamber into said canister; and
an airbag within said canister adapted to be inflated by gases from said inflator chamber, the improvement comprising;
at least one channel integral with, and extending along the length, of one of said canister and inflator chamber; and
at least one rail integral with, and extending along the length, of the other of said canister and inflator chamber, said rail being insertable into said channel and retained thereby.
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Abstract
The reaction canister of an airbag module assembly is extruded to include a floor bounded by a pair of channels extending along its length. An inflator chamber is suspended beneath the floor of the canister by rails which are integral with the chamber and slide into the channels.
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1. In an automotive airbag assembly comprising a trough-shaped reaction canister including a floor and first and second sidewalls;
- first and second endplates closing the ends of said canister;
an inflator chamber carried by said canister;
means for passing gases generated from within said inflator chamber into said canister; and
an airbag within said canister adapted to be inflated by gases from said inflator chamber, the improvement comprising;at least one channel integral with, and extending along the length, of one of said canister and inflator chamber; and at least one rail integral with, and extending along the length, of the other of said canister and inflator chamber, said rail being insertable into said channel and retained thereby. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- first and second endplates closing the ends of said canister;
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8. An automotive airbag assembly comprising:
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an extruded trough-shaped reaction canister including a floor and first and second sidewalls, each of said sidewalls defining a substantially cylindrical channel extending the length of said canister adjacent said floor; first and second endplates closing the ends of said canister; an extruded inflator chamber having substantially tubular first and second projections thereon insertable, respectively, into said channels; means for passing gases generated from within said inflator chamber into said canister; and an airbag within said canister adapted to be inflated by gases from said inflator chamber. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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