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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2007
Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Chang Hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Sara A. Colburn, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Rochester, MI (US);
Chang Hwan Ju, Rochester, MI (US);
Sara A. Colburn, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A side air bag module including: an inflator (), and air bag () and a retainer (), the inflator having inflation ports () and a first and a second end (), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening of a first set of openings in an upper portion () of a main panel () and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator respectively extend through one of the first and second openings, the main panel () also including a lower portion () connectable to the upper portion thereby forming the main panel, a reinforcement panel () and the lower portion including similarly shaped, spaced and aligned sets of openings through which the inflator extends; the retainer is situated about the extending ends of the inflator on the exterior of the air bag.