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US 12,746,885 B1Granted
Passenger airbag system assembly
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsDerrick James Ledford, Jeffrey Todd Kinser, Kenneth M. Zawisa
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Abstract
An airbag system assembly is provided and includes a housing including a housing perimeter wall, an airbag chute coupled to the housing perimeter wall to define an airbag chamber between the housing and the airbag chute, and a bracket coupled to the airbag chute and including at least one fastener for securing the airbag chute the housing.
Claims20
An airbag system assembly, comprising:
- a housing including a housing perimeter wall;
- an airbag chute coupled to the housing perimeter wall to define an airbag chamber between the housing and the airbag chute, the airbag chute including a chute perimeter wall that engages the housing perimeter wall and also includes a first flange extending from the chute perimeter wall and a second flange disposed on an opposite end of the airbag chute and extending from the chute perimeter wall;
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- a bracket coupled to the airbag chute and including at least one fastener for securing the airbag chute to the housing, the bracket including a first half engaging the first flange and the second flange and a second half engaging the first flange and the second flange.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body, including:
- a first end and a second end spaced from the first end in a fore-aft direction,
- a first side and a second side spaced from the first side in a cross-car direction,
- a vehicle interior, and
- a vehicle exterior;
- an instrument panel disposed within the vehicle interior and extending in the cross-car direction between the first side and the second side;
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- an airbag system assembly coupled to the instrument panel, comprising:
- a housing including a housing perimeter wall,
- an airbag chute coupled to the housing perimeter wall to define an airbag chamber between the housing and the airbag chute, the airbag chute including a chute perimeter wall that engages the housing perimeter wall and a first flange extending from the chute perimeter wall and a second flange disposed on an opposite end of the airbag chute and extending from the chute perimeter wall, and
- a bracket coupled to the airbag chute and including at least one fastener for securing the airbag chute to the housing, the bracket including a first half engaging the first flange and the second flange and a second half engaging the first flange and the second flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.