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Air bag module with extruded housing

  • US 5,647,608 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1996
  • Issued: 07/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An air bag module for use in a vehicle, the module comprising:

  • an axially elongated inflator for generating inflator gas;

    an air bag for inflation upon the discharge of the inflator gas from the inflator; and

    an axially elongated, extruded housing, the housing having a nautilus-shaped extrusion profile with a decreased radius portion for holding the inflator therein and an increased radius portion for holding the air bag therein, the decreased radius portion having a radius of curvature being less than a radius of curvature of the increased radius portion.

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