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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Shimane, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kansei Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/120 ; B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/120 ; B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
An automotive air bag device offers ready installation in an automobile instrument panel while reducing material and assembly costs and maintaining its structural integrity when activated. An air bag inflation opening, formed in the instrument panel, is surrounded by an internal reinforcement wall. An air bag lid, which covers the opening, includes an inwardly directed leg which engages the reinforcement wall. A case, which supports an inflator and a diffuser, is fastened to the leg on the lid.