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Air bag inflator subassembly for installation onto the dashboard substrate of a motor vehicle

  • US 5,441,299 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1994
  • Issued: 08/15/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A simple one-piece air bag inflator assembly for attachment to a dashboard substrate of a motor vehicle comprising:

  • an elongated cylindrical inflator for providing a gas at a pressure, said inflator having a tubular outside wall with an outer surface, a first end and a second end, a first end closure attached to said inflator first end and a second end closure attached to said inflator second end to form a sealed tubular chamber, wherein each of said first and second end closures are substantially flat plates attached to the respective inflator ends by fastener means, inflator apertures formed in the outside wall of the inflator for directing generated gas from said sealed tubular chamber, and at least two first flanges integral to the outer surface of the inflator and running the length of the inflator, said first flanges having first apertures formed therein, wherein said first flanges divide said inflator surface into a first arc and a second arc wherein said inflator apertures are contained within one of said arcs, said inflator also including a plurality of channels integral to the outside wall of said inflator and running the length of the inflator, each of said channels defining a central aperture wherein said fastener means comprises fasteners which engage with said central apertures of said channels;

    an air bag cushion in a folded condition while being stored, said air bag cushion having a first portion, which when said air bag cushion is deployed is disposed opposite an occupant of the vehicle, a second portion attached to said first portion, which terminates in a third portion defining a gas inlet opening for said air bag cushion, said air bag cushion third portion attached to at least two separate of the first flanges of said inflator such that said inflator apertures exhaust the gas into said air bag cushion for the normal inflation thereof; and

    an air bag retention means that maintains the air bag cushion in the folded condition while being stored.

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