Takata Corporation

Yoshimi Yoshida

Takayasu Zushi

Motonobu Kitagawa

Kazuhiko Yamakawa

Masato Kuretake

Sawayo Uda

A bag holding member in an air bag device for protecting the occupant of a vehicle has an opening in which a bag inflator is fitted. The inflator has a flange held against the bag holding member around its opening. One of the bag holding member and the flange has a plurality of pins projecting toward the other, and the other has a plurality of slits lying circumferentially of the opening of the bag holding member. Each of the pins is engaged in one of the slits to secure the inflator to the bag holding member.

Air bag device with an inflation mounting structure

A retainer used for an air bag device for use in a driver's side of a vehicle includes a main plate portion having an opening for mounting an inflator and mounting members depending from the sides of the main plate portion, wherein the retainer is made of a synthetic resin.

Retainer used for an air bag device

A bag holding member has an opening where the inflator is inserted. The member has a cylindrical wall projecting coaxially with the opening. The inflator extends through the cylindrical wall. The cylindrical wall has slits extending spirally. The inflator has pins projecting from its outer periphery. The pins engage the slits respectively to secure the inflator to the cylindrical wall.

Air bag device with an inflator mounting structure

An air bag device includes: a retainer having an inflator mounting opening formed in the central portion of its main plate; an inflater having its leading end mounted in the opening of the retainer and formed with a plurality of gas injection ports in its side periphery; an air bag fitted on the retainer and folded such that it can be extended by the gas injected from the inflator; and a module cover covering the air bag and capable of being torn by the air bag when the air bag is extended. The air bag is folded at first in a first direction along the main plate of the retainer and then in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The inflator injects the gas in the second direction, immediately after being activated, and then in the first direction.

Specially folded air bag and special inflator for inflating air bag

An air bag device for a driver seat is formed of a retainer composed of a main plate portion having an opening for mounting an inflator and mounting pieces extending uprightly from peripheral edges of the main plate portion, an air bag having a rear end connected to the retainer, an inflator mounted on the retainer, and a module cover for covering the air bag, the retainer being made of a synthetic resin, and the rear end of the air bag being secured to the retainer by embedding the rear end in the retainer. In an air bag for a passenger seat, a container for the air bag is made of a synthetic resin to secure the rear end of the air bag to the container.

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Shiga, Japan

Yoshimi Yoshida