Patent ID: 6193269
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag mounting structure comprising:a retainer having a protrusion formed at a bottom thereof and protruding outward, and at least one concavity formed in the bottom thereof to be curved inwardly in a half-circular configuration coaxial with the protrusion and extending to a side face of the retainer, said protrusion extending in a longitudinal direction of the retainer and having an inflator-through hole in at least one of ends thereof in the longitudinal direction and a half-cylindrical configuration,an airbag having a portion inserted into the protrusion and at least one opening confronting the inflator-through hole, andan elongated inflator inserted into said portion of the airbag positioned inside the protrusion through the inflator-through hole of the retainer and the at least one opening of the airbag, and having a substantially cylindrical configuration and an end, said end being inserted through the inflator-through hole, projecting outside the protrusion and engaging the concavity at the bottom of the retainer so that the airbag is clamped between an inner surface of the protrusion and an outer surface of the inflator.