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Connector for mounting inflator in airbag module

  • US 5,454,587 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1994
  • Issued: 10/03/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an airbag module comprising an airbag and a canister which contains an inflator and which is connected in the module for inflation of the airbag by gas issuing into the canister from said inflator and thence into the airbag, the improvement wherein said inflator is fastened inside said canister by a plug and socket connector comprising a plug member including at least one lug and a socket member including a groove, one member of the plug and socket connector being fixed on the inflator and the other member being fixed to a wall of said canister and said members being connected to join the inflator and the canister by inserting the plug member into the socket member and turning one of said plug member and socket member relative to the other member through an are of less than one turn so that the at least one lug on the plug member engages the groove on the socket member.

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