Method for fastening a retainer of an airbag
AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsErnst-Ludwig Hahn, Wolfgang Werner, Siegfried Lautner, Hermann-Josef Lohmer
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for fastening a retainer of an airbag, in particular of a window bag, to a body of a motor vehicle. The method for fastening including the steps of: arranging the retainer on the body by inserting a hollow pin in a corresponding bodyshell opening; positioning a tool on the retainer; and pressing a pin into an opening of the hollow pin to radially expand the hollow pin, and thereby securing the hollow pin in the corresponding bodyshell opening.
Claims10
A method for fastening an airbag to a body of a motor vehicle using a tool, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a retainer including a first wing, a second wing, and a bendable hinge joining the first wing and second wing, the first wing further including an axially movable pin on an outer side of the first wing, and the second wing including a hollow pin projecting from an outer side of the second wing;
- folding the retainer at the hinge so that a portion of the airbag is clamped between the first wing and the second wing, and the pin is axially aligned with the hollow pin;
- arranging the retainer on the body over a near side of a bodyshell opening of the motor vehicle;
- inserting the hollow pin through the bodyshell opening;
- positioning the tool into operable engagement with the pin;
- pressing the pin axially into an opening of the hollow pin (26), and
- expanding radially the hollow pin on a far side of the bodyshell opening and securing the hollow pin in the bodyshell opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.