US 6,186,535 B1Granted

Air bag devices

AssigneeNihon Plast Co., Ltd.

InventorsToshiyuki Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Mikio Ochiai, Kevin Dominic Delaney

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Abstract

An air bag device includes an air bag, a cover concealing the air bag and including a side wall formed with a groove, and a base plate supporting the air bag and including a peripheral wall that faces the inner periphery of the side wall of the cover and is formed with a slit corresponding to the groove of the cover. A belt is disposed along the outer periphery of the side wall of the cover, and includes a holder cooperating with the peripheral wall of the base plate to hold the side wall of the cover. The belt further includes engagements that are engaged with the groove of the side wall of the cover and the slit of the peripheral wall of the base plate and include each an engaging portion engaged with the inner periphery the peripheral wall of the base plate.

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Dependent claims

An air bag device, comprising:

an air bag distended by inflow of gas;
a cover concealing said air bag, said cover including a substantially cylindrical mounting portion, said mounting portion being formed with a groove;
a support member supporting said air bag, said support member including a support portion facing an inner periphery of said mounting portion of said cover, said support portion being formed with a slit corresponding to said groove of said cover;
and
a holding member disposed along an outer periphery of said mounting portion of said cover, said holding member including a holder cooperating with said support portion of said support member to hold said mounting portion of said cover, said holding member including a plurality of engagements engaged with said groove of said mounting portion of said cover and said slit of said support portion of said support member, each engagement including an engaging portion engaged with an inner periphery of said support portion of said support member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.