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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1994
Steven W Maurer, Fraser, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of making an inflator (10) for an air bag assembly includes the step of providing a first housing member (12) having a recess (22) and a second housing member (14) having a coupling portion (24). One of the housing members, preferably the first housing member (12), includes a container (20). A source of inflation fluid (18) is loaded into the container (20). The second housing member (14) is positioned so that its coupling portion (24) is adjacent to, but outside of, the recess (22). The coupling portion (24) is then mechanically deformed towards the recess (22) to form an integral projection (26) which is tightly received within the recess (22). In this manner, the first housing member (12) is coupled to the second housing member (14) to form a closed chamber (16) containing the source of inflation fluid (18). In the inflator (10) according to the present invention, the coupling portion (24) has a deformation pattern consistent with the coupling portion (24) being initially positioned entirely outside the recess (22) and then being mechanically displaced towards the recess (22) to form the projection 26.
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