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Apparatus for retaining an airbag within an airbag module housing

US5676392A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
4References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1996
Grant dateOct 14, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/2171
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved retainer rod for a passenger-side airbag is formed of two different plastics having different physical characteristics by a dual durometer extrusion process. The improved retainer rod has a cylindrical main body of a hard rigid plastic which can withstand bag deployment forces and a sheet-like flag of softer flexible plastic which can be sewn to the bag material.

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