Airbag retainer
First Claim
1. An airbag retainer for housing and holding an airbag and an inflator for supplying gas for inflating the airbag, and receiving a cover for covering the retainer, comprising:
- an upper retainer as a bag-housing member made of a resin having an opening to be covered by the cover, and a plurality of flange-shaped fastening portions; and
a lower retainer as an inflator-holding member made of metal and attached to the bag-housing member to have surface-to-surface contact, said lower retainer being located under the upper retainer and having fastening portions, at least one fastening portion of the upper retainer among the plurality of fastening portions being located under a corresponding fastening portion among the fastening portions of the lower retainer and fastened together.
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Abstract
An airbag retainer houses and holds an airbag and an inflator for supplying gas for inflating the airbag. The retainer is formed of an upper retainer as a bag-housing member made of a resin having a plurality of flange-shaped fastening portions, and a lower retainer as an inflator-holding member attached to the bag-housing member to have surface-to-surface contact and having a fastening portion. At least one fastening portion of the upper retainer among the plurality of fastening portions underlies the corresponding fastening portion of the lower retainer.
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10 Claims
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1. An airbag retainer for housing and holding an airbag and an inflator for supplying gas for inflating the airbag, and receiving a cover for covering the retainer, comprising:
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an upper retainer as a bag-housing member made of a resin having an opening to be covered by the cover, and a plurality of flange-shaped fastening portions; and
a lower retainer as an inflator-holding member made of metal and attached to the bag-housing member to have surface-to-surface contact, said lower retainer being located under the upper retainer and having fastening portions, at least one fastening portion of the upper retainer among the plurality of fastening portions being located under a corresponding fastening portion among the fastening portions of the lower retainer and fastened together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An airbag retainer for housing and holding an airbag and an inflator for supplying gas for inflating the airbag, comprising:
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an upper retainer as a bag-housing member having a plurality of flange-shaped fastening portions; and
a lower retainer as an inflator-holding member made of metal and having a plurality of flange-shaped fastening portions to have surface-to-surface contact with the fastening portions of the upper retainer, at least one fastening portion of the upper retainer among the plurality of fastening portions being arranged to underlie a corresponding one of the fastening portions of the lower retainer, said lower retainer having at least one raised portion projecting outwardly therefrom and located immediately below a lower end of the upper retainer, and a protrusion located below the at least one raised portion to project outwardly therefrom and extending laterally along a longitudinal direction of the lower retainer so that when the upper retainer is pushed downwardly, the protrusion is compressed to absorb a pushing force applied to the upper retainer. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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