Side air bag module
First Claim
1. A side air bag module including:
- an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening (120) of a first set of openings in an upper portion (104a) of a main panel (105) and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening (122) of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator each respectively extend through one of the first and second openings (120, 122), the main panel (105) also including a lower portion (104b) connectable to the upper portion (104a) thereby forming the main panel (105), the lower portion including a second set of similarly shaped, spaced and aligned first openings (120) and second openings (122) through which the inflator extends, and wherein the module includes a reinforcement panel (130) having a third set of first and second openings (120, 122) of like size and orientation relative to the openings (120, 122) of the upper portion and aligned to those openings in the upper portion of the main panel, the reinforcement panel (130) secured to the upper portion (104a) and formed as an extension of the upper portion of the main panel (105).
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Abstract
A side air bag module including: an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening of a first set of openings in an upper portion (104a) of a main panel (105) and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator respectively extend through one of the first and second openings, the main panel (105) also including a lower portion (104b) connectable to the upper portion thereby forming the main panel, a reinforcement panel (130) and the lower portion including similarly shaped, spaced and aligned sets of openings through which the inflator extends; the retainer is situated about the extending ends of the inflator on the exterior of the air bag.
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15 Claims
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1. A side air bag module including:
- an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening (120) of a first set of openings in an upper portion (104a) of a main panel (105) and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening (122) of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator each respectively extend through one of the first and second openings (120, 122), the main panel (105) also including a lower portion (104b) connectable to the upper portion (104a) thereby forming the main panel (105), the lower portion including a second set of similarly shaped, spaced and aligned first openings (120) and second openings (122) through which the inflator extends, and wherein the module includes a reinforcement panel (130) having a third set of first and second openings (120, 122) of like size and orientation relative to the openings (120, 122) of the upper portion and aligned to those openings in the upper portion of the main panel, the reinforcement panel (130) secured to the upper portion (104a) and formed as an extension of the upper portion of the main panel (105).
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A side air bag module including:
- an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening of a first set of openings in an upper portion (104a) of a main panel (105) of the air bag and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator each respectively extend through one of the first or second openings, the main panel further includes a lower portion (104b) connectable to the upper portion thereby forming the main panel, the upper portion including an integrally formed reinforcement panel (130) having a second set of openings (120, 122) of like size and orientation relative to and aligned with those openings in the upper portion of the main panel, through which the inflator extends.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A side air bag module (200) comprising:
- an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the air bag (102) inflated by the inflator and including a first set of inflator receiving openings including at least a first and a second inflator receiving opening (120, 122), the inflator configured to be inserted into the air bag through the first inflator receiving opening and configured to exit the air bag through the second inflator receiving opening, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends extend from a corresponding inflator receiving opening, and wherein the inflation ports of the inflator are situated within the air bag;
the air bag (102) comprising a main panel (105) including an upper portion (104a) and a lower portion (104b) connectable to the upper portion, the upper portion including two inflator receiving openings (120, 122), the lower portion made from a material having a coated fabric to control permeability and the upper portion (104a) made from a material having an uncoated fabric, the main panel including the upper portion and lower portion being symmetric about a center line (106); wherein the retainer (150) has a first and second end (156, 158) and a connecting portion (152a) each of which is located outside of the air bag, the first end of the retainer secured about the first end of the inflator and the second end of the retainer secured about the second end of the inflator.
- an inflator (140), and air bag (102) and a retainer (150), the inflator having inflation ports (145) and a first and a second end (142, 144), the air bag (102) inflated by the inflator and including a first set of inflator receiving openings including at least a first and a second inflator receiving opening (120, 122), the inflator configured to be inserted into the air bag through the first inflator receiving opening and configured to exit the air bag through the second inflator receiving opening, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends extend from a corresponding inflator receiving opening, and wherein the inflation ports of the inflator are situated within the air bag;
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