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Mechanical lock assembly for a driver side inflator

  • US 5,445,406 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1994
  • Issued: 08/29/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An air bag inflator module assembly comprising:

  • an air bag inflator comprising a top section having a substantially circular cross section, a side edge, and a base plate extending radially outward from the side edge of said air bag inflator top section; and

    a bottom section having a substantially circular cross section, a side edge, and a plurality of flanges having a leading edge and a trailing edge, said flanges attached to and extending radially outward from said bottom section side edge, wherein said flanges are in spaced relationship from said base plate and wherein at least one of said plurality of flanges is tapered from said leading edge to said trailing edge;

    a module housing comprising a mounting edge, a body defining a plane, said body having a top surface and a bottom surface, and an inflator-side edge which corresponds substantially to the circular cross section of the inflator bottom section, and a plurality of slots radially outward and continuous from said inflator-side edge;

    wherein said inflator is placed on said module housing and rotated such that said flanges pass through said slots of said module housing and said flanges engage with said module housing wherein said module housing body adjacent said inflator-side edge is held between said flanges and said base plate.

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