Gas bag passenger restraint module
AssigneeTRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJoachim Lutz
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Abstract
A gas bag restraining module having a housing (10), an inflation device (12) located in the latter, said inflation device providing a volume of pressurized gas after activation, and having a folded gas bag (50), which has an attachment section fixed to the housing (10) and surrounding an inflation aperture, should be adapted to the use of an inflation device, which is known in the form of a "heated gas inflator". For this purpose, the invention provides that the inflation device has a cylindrical pressurized gas container (12), the housing (10) is formed with a trough-shaped base to accommodate the pressurized gas container (12) and a box-shaped upper section, the attachment section of the gas bag (50) is provided with an attachment frame (40) and the attachment frame (40) is inserted in the upper section of the housing (10).
Claims9
A gas bag passenger restraint module having a housing, an inflation device located in said housing, said inflation device providing a volume of pressurized gas upon actuation, and a folded gas bag with an attachment section fixed to said housing and defining and inflation aperture, wherein;
- said inflation device has a cylinder-shaped pressurized gas container;
- said housing has a trough-shaped base to accommodate the pressurized gas container and a box-shaped upper section;
- said attachment section of the gas bag being provided with an attachment frame;
- said attachment frame being inserted in said box-shaped upper section of the housing;
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- an accommodation for a neck part of said pressurized gas container being provided in the housing and providing a support with a strap which is connected by self-tapping screws to support studs formed on the housing.
A gas bag passenger restraint module having a housing, an inflation device located in said housing, said inflation device providing a volume of pressurized gas upon actuation, and a folded gas bag with an attachment section fixed to said housing and defining an inflation aperture, wherein:
- said inflation device has a cylinder-shaped pressurized gas container;
- said housing has a trough-shaped base to accommodate the pressurized gas container and a box-shaped upper section;
- said attachment section of the gas bag being provided with an attachment frame;
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- said attachment frame being inserted in said box-shaped upper section of the housing, and having attachment sleeves which traverse openings formed in the attachment section of the gas bag and into which self-tapping screws engage, locating the attachment frame on the housing.
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