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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Yoji Suyama, Shiga, JP;
Hideo Iseki, Shiga, JP;
Yoji Suyama, Shiga, JP;
Hideo Iseki, Shiga, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inflator assembly that has a shorter entire length and can be manufactured easily. The inflator assembly includes a pipe, a piston holder, first and second pipe holding plates, a bracket, and an inflator casing. The pipe is inserted through a pipe through hole in the base of the piston holder, through pipe through holes in the pipe holding plates, and through a spacer ring. The base of the piston holder, the spacer ring, and the pipe holding plates are clamped together between first and second flanges of the pipe. The inflator casing is fitted around the outer periphery of a rear end portions of the pipe and has an inward flange that is clamped and fixed between the first and second flanges of the pipe. Second and third flanges are formed by deforming portions of the pipe to have a larger diameter.