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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Yasuhiro Kawai, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiharu Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Okinaka, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Mitsuo Nogami, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Yasuhiro Kawai, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiharu Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Okinaka, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Mitsuo Nogami, Chiyoda-machi, JP;
Newfrey LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A fastener for fixing a curtain airbag to a body panel of an automobile comprises a screw grommet having a shank to be inserted into mounting holes of an airbag-anchor portion and a body panel, and a flange to press the airbag-anchor portion against the body panel. The flange has an opening and the shank has a shank hole continuous to the opening into which a tapping screw is driven. The shank has resilient fingers protruding outward from sides of the shank to engage edge regions of mounting holes in a temporary fixing state. The fingers are held in a permanent fixing state by screwing the tapping screw into the shank hole, preventing the fingers from being bent inward. The flange has an edge with an upstanding partition to allow a central region of the flange to be partitioned from a main body of the curtain airbag.