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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Ernst M Faigle, Dryden, MI (US);
Tracy S Sparks, Lapeer, MI (US);
Xingyuan Sun, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An air bag module (10) includes a container (12) and an air bag (16) connected with the container. An inflator (14) is also connected with the container (12). Means, such as, mounting flanges (42, 46), support the container (12) on a vehicle portion (18) for movement relative to the vehicle portion in a first direction ('I') opposite the direction of the inflation of the air bag (16) in response to actuation of the inflator (14). Damping means (102) connected between the container (12) and the vehicle portion (18) damps movement of the container in the first direction ('I') relative to the vehicle portion.