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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. 30, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Richard E. Shellabarger, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle occupant safety apparatus (,) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle (,) having a side structure (,) comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (,). The protection device (,) has a deflated condition and has an inflated condition in which the protection device is inflated between the occupant and the vehicle side structure. The safety apparatus (,) also comprises an inflator (,) for providing inflation fluid for inflating the protection device (,), and a fill tube (,) for directing inflation fluid into the protection device. The apparatus further comprises a support (,) for supporting the inflator (,) and the fill tube (,) relative to each other. The support (,) has a fluid flow passage (,) for directing inflation fluid from the inflator (,) to the fill tube (,). In a preferred embodiment, the support (,) comprises a clamp having a first portion clamped on the inflator (,) and a second portion clamped on the fill tube (,).
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