Patent ID: 6053528
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag module comprising:at least one gas generator;a component carrying the gas generator comprising a flat gas generator carrier comprising a plurality of grooves;a gas bag;an air bag module cover, wherein the cover has means for attachment allowing at least partial structural connection to the component carrying the gas generator, said means for attachment comprising a plurality of profiled sections corresponding to the plurality of grooves in the component carrying the gas generator, and wherein the profiled sections can be inserted and locked in the grooves,wherein the cover is a cap which has, on at least two opposite-facing sides, resilient vertical plates with bead shaped profiles, to which the plurality of grooves in the flat gas generator carrier correspond, wherein these grooves have on one side a first hollow profile adapted to the cross-section of the bead shaped profiles and are wider than the adjacent resilient vertical plate; anda plurality of profile strips adapted to be inserted into the grooves for locking the vertical plates to the component carrying the gas generator, wherein a corresponding second hollow profile in the grooves is adapted to receive the profile strips.