Patent ID: 7216891
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly of a curtain airbag tether, a fastening device, and a vehicle structure comprising: (a) a vehicle structure having a first opening and a second opening therethrough; (b) a bracket provided with a slot therein for engaging a curtain airbag tether and with a tongue for engaging the first and second openings in said vehicle structure; and (c) a curtain airbag tether attached to said bracket using said slot in the bracket; wherein the vehicle structure has the first and second openings spaced apart by a length so as to pass the tongue of the bracket along with a clamping portion of the tongue through the first opening and to extend a distance along a surface of the vehicle structure to allow the clamping portion of the tongue to enter the second opening due to a resiliency of the tongue to provide a snap type engagement.