Inflator gas diffuser and air cushion retainer
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1. An air bag module comprising:
- a housing;
an air cushion having a neck portion with a plurality of slits;
an inflator for inflating the cushion having a body and at least one exit port through which inflation gas flows;
a gas diffuser-retainer having a plurality of retention tabs, the diffuser-retainer cooperating with the body of the inflator for retaining the gas diffuser-retainer to the housing the air cushion is attached to the diffuser-retainer by the retention tabs inserted through the slits wherein during deployment of the air cushion the gas diffuser-retainer retains the air cushion in the module.
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Abstract
A diffuser-retainer, incorporated in a sub-assembly (cushion pack) of an air bag module for the use in an inflatable air bag restraint system. The diffuser-retainer functions as an inflation gas diffuser and an air cushion retainer.
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1. An air bag module comprising:
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a housing; an air cushion having a neck portion with a plurality of slits; an inflator for inflating the cushion having a body and at least one exit port through which inflation gas flows; a gas diffuser-retainer having a plurality of retention tabs, the diffuser-retainer cooperating with the body of the inflator for retaining the gas diffuser-retainer to the housing the air cushion is attached to the diffuser-retainer by the retention tabs inserted through the slits wherein during deployment of the air cushion the gas diffuser-retainer retains the air cushion in the module. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. An air bag module comprising:
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a housing; an air, cushion having neck portion with a plurality of slits; an inflator for inflating the cushion having a body and at least one exit port through which inflation gas flows; a gas diffuser-retainer utilizing the body of the inflator to retain the gas diffuser-retainer to the housing, the air cushion is attached to the diffuser-retainer retainer by retention tabs inserted through the slits where during deployment of the air cushion the gas diffuser-retainer retains the air cushion in the module; wherein the gas diffuser-retainer includes a baffle plate located above the exit port of the inflator for diverting the flow of the inflation gases, the gas diffuser-retainer having a passage through which the inflation gas pass into the air cushion. - View Dependent Claims (4, 7)
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5. An air bag module comprising:
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a housing; an air cushion; an inflator for inflating the cushion having a body and at least one exit port through which inflation gas flows; a gas diffuser-retainer including a baffle plate located above the exit port of the inflator for diverting the flow of the inflation gases, the gas diffuser-retainer having a passage through which the inflation gas passes into the air cushion. - View Dependent Claims (6, 8, 9, 10)
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