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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventor:
Byron Spencer, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/201 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2035 (2013.01); B60R 21/201 (2013.01); B60R 21/2037 (2013.01); B60R 21/217 (2013.01); B60R 21/21658 (2013.01); H01H 13/04 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2172 (2013.01); H01H 2203/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a housing () and a cover () that define a cavity (). An air bag () is positioned in the cavity (), and the cover () has hooks () that engage with the housing () to secure the cover () to the housing (). The air bag () expands to absorb kinetic energy of a driver. The hooks () are energized into engagement with the housing () directly or indirectly by the air bag () as it expands.