US 5,683,099 A · Air bag device

Abstract

In the air bag device, a bag holder, a retainer, and an air bag can be assembled together into a united body by use of bolts and nuts which are provided so as to extend from a retainer formed from a metal plate. At a plurality of positions near a peripheral edge of an opening formed in the air bag, there are formed insertion holes. In the retainer, there are provided a plurality of securing projections which are inserted through associated insertion holes and into associated securing holes formed in the bag holder. Each of the securing projections is cut and raised from a main body of the retainer and has a semi-cylindrical shape with the peripheral wall thereof raised from the retainer and a semi-arc shaped outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall faces the opening of the air bag.

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Dependent claims

An air bag device comprising:

a bag holder having securing holes therein;
an air bag having an opening therein and insertion holes extending through said air bag near a peripheral edge of said opening, said securing holes being aligned with said insertion holes;
and
a retainer having a plurality of securing projections, each of said securing projections being inserted through an associated said insertion hole and into an associated said securing hole, each if said securing projection being of a semi-cylindrical shape having a peripheral wall which is cut and raised from a surface of said retainer, an outer surface of said peripheral wall of each said securing projection facing said opening.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Air bag device

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