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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Anatoly Gosis, Palatine, IL (US);
Brock T. Cooley, Bloomer, WI (US);
James T. Kirchen, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Frank Otte, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Anatoly Gosis, Palatine, IL (US);
Brock T. Cooley, Bloomer, WI (US);
James T. Kirchen, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Frank Otte, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastener for securing an airbag assembly in a motor vehicle includes first and second body components held one against another with a fastening tab of an airbag there between. A flexible collet from the body of the fastener is secured in a hole of a supporting component in a vehicle roof, and a pin pushed into the collet secures the installation. Tools and fastener structures for verification testing are disclosed.