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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Alex Scott Damman, Clayton, OH (US);
David James Thomas, Ft. Mitchell, KY (US);
Mark Thomas Winters, Troy, OH (US);
Daniel Allen Rhule, West Mansfield, OH (US);
Jeffrey Alan Shepherd, Troy, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An air bag module includes an axially elongated, extruded housing having a nautilus-shaped profile defined by a single continuously extending spiral-shaped wall. The spiral-shaped wall has first and second free ends and the spiral-shaped wall has a generally continually increasing radius of curvature from the first end to the second end. The housing preferably has a decreased radius portion for holding an inflator therein and an increased radius portion for holding an air bag therein. The decreased radius portion has a radius of curvature which is less than a radius of curvature of the increased radius portion.