Patent ID: 6823645
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A folding apparatus (100) for inserting an air bag and housing into an interior cavity of a cover, the apparatus comprising:an arcuately shaped tube, the tube sized to slidably receive the housing and permit the air bag to be drawn up into the tube, the tube including an open first end oriented so that a plane through the first end is at a desired orientation; a ram means movable through the tube for holding and moving the housing and air bag through the tube; a holding means for orienting the cover so that its internal cavity is in alignment with and adjacent to the first end such that the housing and air bag can be rammed into the cover cavity; and wherein the ram means includes first means for rotating the cover, housing and air bag and wherein the first means includes a support portion for holding the housing, the first means as rotatable to a preferred orientation to enable the user of the apparatus to orient the cover, housing and air bag to this preferred orientation to facilitate dismounting the housing, cover and air bag as a unit and the subsequent assembly an air bag module.