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Airbag module mounting bracket with bendable mounting arms

  • US 5,700,029 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1996
  • Issued: 12/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An airbag module mounting bracket for mounting an airbag module within a steering wheel assembly in a vehicle, the airbag module having an inflatable airbag cushion and a cylindrical airbag inflator extending out of a bottom surface of the airbag module, the airbag module mounting bracket comprising:

  • a main body plate securable to the bottom surface of the airbag module and defining a generally circular inflator-receiving aperture for fitting around the cylindrical airbag inflator of the airbag module, the generally circular inflator-receiving aperture having a center point; and

    the mounting bracket attachable to the steering wheel assembly at only two spaced-apart, opposing attachment points, with the attachment points positioned so that an imaginary straight line intersecting both attachment points is radially offset from the center point of the inflator-receiving aperture of the main body plate, a portion of the mounting bracket between the imaginary straight line and the center point of the inflator-receiving aperture being rigid yet bendable under torque caused by inflation of the airbag cushion in the airbag module.

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