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Simplified airbag module housing

  • US 5,788,266 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1996
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly comprising:

  • a retainer tube having a side that contains at least one aperture and into which retainer tube generator means may be inserted, said generator means being of the type responsive to a control signal, for generating gas to inflate an airbag means,inflatable means responsive to the gas, for protecting, when activated, an occupant of a vehicle, comprising an airbag, a portion of said airbag being disposed in a compacted or stored condition prior to deployment proximate said side of said retainer tube that contains at least one aperture,said retainer tube including an anchor tab that protrudes outwardly from a side thereof remote from said at least one aperture at a position that is intermediate the length of said retainer tube,said airbag including a loop having an intermediately positioned button hole,said loop enveloping said retainer tube with said anchor tab protruding outwardly through the button hole in said loop.

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