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Airbag deflection mount

  • US 5,836,608 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1996
  • Issued: 11/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An airbag deflection mount for mounting an airbag cushion to an airbag module, the airbag module also including an inflator having an inflator sidewall defining a plurality of spaced apart inflation ports, and a module baseplate surrounding the inflator sidewall below the plurality of inflation ports, with the airbag cushion including a throat surrounding the inflator sidewall and having a collar seated on the module baseplate so that inflation gas exiting the inflation ports of the inflator will inflate the airbag cushion, the airbag deflection mount comprising:

  • a retainer ring receivable on the collar of the airbag cushion, the retainer ring securable to the module baseplate with the collar of the airbag cushion clamped therebetween; and

    a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart deflectors which, when the retainer ring is secured to the module baseplate, extend upwardly from the retainer ring to distal ends positioned between a top of the inflator sidewall and the plurality of inflation ports, with the plurality of deflectors deployed interposed between the inflator sidewall and the throat of the airbag cushion to deflect a substantial portion of hot inflation gas and hot particles exit the plurality of inflation ports of the inflator axially away from the throat of the airbag cushion while a lesser portion of the inflation gas passes radially past the spaced-apart deflectors to radially enter the airbag.

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