Patent ID: 6173987
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B23P,B60R

Abstract:
An air bag apparatus for protecting a driver of a vehicle, said air bag apparatus comprising: an air bag, a base plate for mounting thereon a gas generator for inflating said air bag, and a pad cover secured to said base plate for accommodating said air bag and said gas generator therein, wherein a portion of said base plate is a unitary component having a portion configured by turning in a downward direction to form a side inner face portion and turning outwardly to form a bottom portion contiguous to the side inner face portion, and a lower end of a terminal portion of the pad cover having a terminal flange thereon is disposed along the side inner face portion and the bottom portion, and the bottom portion turned back upward and inward to enclose the terminal portion flange of said pad cover and form a side outer face portion so that the terminal portion of the pad cover is held and retained between to the side outer face portion and the side inner face portion, thereby forming a caulking portion for said terminal flange.