Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

Trw Occupant Restraint Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg

Trw Automotive Safety Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg

Attila K Dalkilic

Charles S Pillsbury, Iv

Matthew J McCann

George E Lancaster

Gabriel Anaya

Wolfgang O Bareiss

Apparatus () includes an air bag () and an inflator () for inflating the air bag. The apparatus () also includes a bracket () having an elongated back plate portion (), a first flange portion (), and a second flange portion (). The flange portions (and) extend transverse to the back plate portion (). The inflator () is insertable into the bracket. A first end portion () of the inflator () engages the first flange portion () and a second end portion () of the inflator engages the second flange portion () while the inflator is inserted in the bracket (). The inflator () urges the first and second flange portions (and) to deflect away from each other while the inflator is inserted in the bracket (). The first and second flange portions (and) are urged toward each other by resilience of the bracket and exert a clamping force on the inflator () to retain the inflator in the bracket (). The apparatus () includes no other provisions for connecting the inflator () to the bracket ().

Air bag inflator bracket

A vehicle steering wheel ( ) comprises a central hub portion ( ), a rim portion ( ), and at least one spoke ( ) that connects the hub portion ( ) to the rim portion ( ). The steering wheel ( ) further comprises a self-regulating electric heating element ( ).

Steering wheel with self-regulating heating element

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Aschaffenburg, Germany

Attila K Dalkilic