Airbag fastening device with slide

• US 8,240,702 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Newfrey Llc (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Newfrey Llc (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hahn, Ernst-Ludwig, Werner, Wolfgang, Lautner, Siegfried, Lohmer, Hermann-Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Coker, Robert A
• Application Number:
  US12/784,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20100295273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728.2, 280/730.2, 242/97, 244/53, 244/58
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars

Abstract

A fastening device for the airbag, in particular a window airbag, is provided, having a retainer to which the airbag can be fastened and that has an opening through which a mounting stud can be passed. Fastened to the retainer is a slide element that can be slid from an open position into a fastened position and the stud is captured in the opening by the slide in the fastened position.

Claims

1. An airbag retainer for securing an airbag, in particular a window airbag of a motor vehicle, to a fastening point, for example a weld stud including a head and a shank, inside a vehicle body, the retainer comprising:

an airbag retainer body comprising a clamp, the clamp including a first part and a second part, and wherein the first part and the second part are arrangeable in an assembled condition on opposite sides of a portion of the airbag, in order to sandwich and clamp the portion of the airbag between the first part and the second part, and the first part defines an opening through which the stud can be passed and the second part defines a second opening larger than the first opening such that the first part is visible through the second opening when the airbag retainer is in the assembled condition;

a slide element slidably mounted on the second part and movable to a fastened position; and

wherein the fastened position the slide element engages the weld stud such that the retainer will not come off the weld stud.

2. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, wherein the clamp further including a hinge that flexibly joins the first part and the second part.

3. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, wherein the clamp further includes a clip for holding together the first part and the second part when the portion of the airbag is clamped in between.

4. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, further comprising a latch engageable with the slide element to hold the slide element in the fastened position.

5. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the retainer body is injection-molded from plastic.

6. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the slide element is injection-molded from plastic.

7. An airbag retainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the slide element includes a semicircular edge that projects into the first opening in the first part of the retainer body when the slide element is in the fastened position.