Patent ID: 7192054
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: B60R,F42B

Abstract:
1. An initiator assembly for an inflator device having at least one inflator device mating lug, the initiator assembly comprising: an initiator including an initiator cup at least in part defining a storage chamber containing a reactive charge, the initiator also including at least one electrical connector in reaction initiating communication with the reactive charge; and a molded body fitting over at least a portion of the initiator, the molded body including at least one locking flange; wherein the at least one locking flange is adapted to lockingly engage the at least one inflator device mating lug and the molded body is adapted to rotate about an axis perpendicular to a surface of a wall of the inflator device with an angle of rotation of about 180 degrees or less to effect the locking engagement of the locking flange with the inflator device mating lug.