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US 6,283,497 B1Granted
Airbag module and a method for its manufacture
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBernd Uwe Zimmerbeutel, Ralf Trimborn, Jens Hannemann, Abelardo Fernandez
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Abstract
An airbag module for motor vehicles includes a housing for a folded together inflatable airbag and a holder element that can be locked at the housing. The holder element has at least one locking section, which in the locked state extends along the housing wall and latches with a holder section of the housing at its side which faces away from the housing wall.
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An airbag module for motor vehicles comprising:
- an inflatable airbag;
- a housing for the inflatable airbag, the housing having a housing wall and a holder section connected to the housing wall at the lower end thereof to bound an intermediate space therebetween;
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- a holder element capable of being locked at the housing and having at least one locking section, wherein the locking section extends along the housing wall in the locked state and latches with the holder section of the housing at a side that faces away from the housing wall, wherein the locking section is secured in the locked state by means of projection extending from the housing wall, the holder section including a latching region that projects in the direction of the housing wall such that the locking section is clamped between the latching region and the projection.
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An airbag module for motor vehicles comprising:
- an inflatable airbag;
- a housing for the inflatable airbag, the housing having a housing wall and a holder section connected to the housing wall at a lower end thereof to bound an intermediate space therebetween;
- and
- a holder element capable of being locked at the housing and having at least one locking section, wherein the locking section extends along the housing wall in the locked state and latches with the holder section of the housing at a side that faces away from the housing wall, wherein the locking section is secured in the locked state by means of a projection extending from the housing wall, and wherein the intermediate space ends ahead of the projection and the holder section extends approxiamately parallel to the housing wall.
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An airbag module for motor vehicles comprising:
- an inflatable airbag;
- a housing for the inflatable airbag, the housing having a housing wall and holder section connected to the housing wall at a lower end thereof to bound an intermediate space therbetween;
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- a holder element capable of being locked at the housing and having at least one locking section, wherein the locking section extends along the housing wall in the locked state and latches with the holder section of the housing at a side that faces away from the housing wall, wherein the locking section is secured in the locked state by means of a projection extending from the housing wall, and wherein the projection has a deflection surface for deflecting the locking section away from the housing wall and extends at an inclination to the housing wall at an angle of approxiamately 20° degrees to 60° degrees.
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