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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Barry Christian Worrell, Centerville, OH (US);
Francis Joseph Holmes, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A mounting mechanism for an inflatable restraint system includes a spring housing having a spring cavity and a plurality of first apertures extending therethrough. The spring housing is adapted to be disposed adjacent and connected to a support structure and aligned with a plurality of second apertures extending through the support structure. The mounting mechanism also includes a spring disposed in the spring cavity and extending across the first apertures and adapted to retain a plurality of mounting members of an inflatable restraint module extending through the first apertures and the second apertures to the support structure. The spring includes at least one torsion coil to reduce a bending moment of the spring when deflected by the mounting members of the inflatable restraint module.