Air bag module with extruded housing
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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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Abstract
An air bag module includes an axially elongated, extruded housing having a nautilus-shaped profile defined by a single continuously extending spiral-shaped wall. The spiral-shaped wall has first and second free ends and the spiral-shaped wall has a generally continually increasing radius of curvature from the first end to the second end. The housing preferably has a decreased radius portion for holding an inflator therein and an increased radius portion for holding an air bag therein. The decreased radius portion has a radius of curvature which is less than a radius of curvature of the increased radius portion.
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13 Claims
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1. An air bag module for use in a vehicle, the module comprising:
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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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2. An air bag module for use in a vehicle, the module comprising:
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an axially elongated inflator for generating inflator gas; an air bag for inflation upon discharge of the inflator gas from the inflator; and an axially elongated, extruded housing having a nautilus-shaped profile defined by a single continuously extending spiral-shaped wall. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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