Patent ID: 8459687
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air bag module, comprising: an inflator; an air bag; an air bag case configured to house said air bag, said air bag case being attached to said inflator, said inflator supplying a gas to said air bag housed in said air bag case, wherein said air bag case comprises an engagement member having an opening in the shape of a rectangle and hooks disposed on two opposing sides of said opening, and a lower surface plate member that is attached to said engagement member by a bridge member, said bridge member being unitarily formed with said lower surface plate member, wherein said hooks are shaped to engage an instrument panel, thereby attaching said air bag case to said instrument panel, a bead disposed on at least a planar part of each of said hooks of said engagement member, said planar part being substantially level with said opening, said bead extending over substantially an entire length of each of said hooks in a lengthwise direction.