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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph J Mihm, North Branch, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807282 ; 280732 ; 280740 ;
Abstract
An air bag module 10 includes an inflator (18) clamped between a first portion (14) and a second portion (16) of a housing (12). An air bag (20) is connected with a retaining ring (22). A series of fasteners (148, 150) on the retaining ring (22) extend through fastener openings (162, 164) in the air bag (20) and through fastener openings (96, 98) in the first portion (14) of the housing (12) and through fastener openings (126, 128) in the second portion (16) of the housing (12). The fasteners (148, 150) connect the air bag (20) with the retaining ring (22) and with the first and second portions (14, 16) of the housing (12).