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Fastenerless automotive passenger airbag module endcap

  • US 5,511,819 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1995
  • Issued: 04/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an air bag module comprising:

  • (1) a generally "U" shaped housing having two upstanding sidewalls connected by a "U" shaped base;

    (2) a pair of endcaps connected to said housing to define a volume adapted to receive an inflator at the bottom of said "U" shaped housing and an air bag cushion assembly between the upstanding sidewalls of said "U" shaped housing;

    (3) means to connect said endcaps to said housing; and

    the improvement in said connecting means consisting of;

    at least one channel in each of the upstanding walls of said "U" shaped housing; and

    a pair of tabs bent from each of said endcaps and shaped to enter the channels on the sides of said upstanding sidewalls,said end caps being securely fastened to said housing by insertion of said tabs into said channels and staking said channels to said tabs to improve the connection between said end caps and said housing.

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