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US 2002/0153711 A1Published application
Airbag module
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorsUdo Bieber, Matthias Helmstetter, Ralph Neupert
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AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorsUdo Bieber, Matthias Helmstetter, Ralph Neupert
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An airbag module for occupant restraint systems in vehicles has a pot-like housing part (10) made of sheet metal to the base (14) of which a gas generator is attached and to the circumferential wall (16) of which, extending upwards from the base (14), an airbag (26) and a covering cap (12) made of plastic are attached. The covering cap (12) has a supporting wall (17) that is in contact with the outside of the circumferential wall (16) of the housing part (10). The supporting wall (17) is provided with cutouts (20). On the free edge of the circumferential wall (16) of the housing part (10) facing away from the base (14), there are arranged hook-shaped metal tabs (18) which pass through the cutouts (20) of the supporting wall (17) of the covering cap (12) and which are bent on their outside in the direction toward the base (14) of the housing part (10). The free edge of the supporting wall (17) of the covering cap (12) facing the base (14) of the housing part (10) is held in contact with the circumferential wall (16) of the housing part (10) by means of bending tabs (22) that have been punched out of the housing part (10) and bent against the outside of the supporting wall (17).
An airbag module for an occupant restraint system in a vehicle, comprising a housing made of sheet metal and having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom wall, a gas generator attached to the bottom wall, an airbag attached to the peripheral wall and a cover cap also attached to the peripheral wall, wherein
An airbag module for an occupant restraint system in a vehicle, comprising a housing molded of plastics and having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom wall, a gas generator attached to the bottom wall, an airbag attached to the peripheral wall and a cover cap also attached to the peripheral wall, wherein the airbag has an attachment collar with peripherally spaced attachment openings therein, the peripheral wall has an outer surface with integrally molded latching noses thereon that pass through respective ones of said attachment openings, the cover cap has a connection wall fitted over the attachment collar of the airbag and over the peripheral wall of the housing, and the connection wall has peripherally spaced cutouts corresponding in number and shape to said latching noses which engage into said cutouts.
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