Patent ID: 6273455
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag attachment and an air bag to be installed in a vehicle as an impact protection device for a vehicle occupant, said air bag attachment having a cup-shaped air bag carrier and a lid-shaped cover plate, said cup-shaped air bag carrier and said lid-shaped cover plate, when assembled together, having side wall areas concentric to each other and in contact with each other, said air bag carrier having a plurality of slot-shaped through-openings, said air bag having three connecting flaps for attaching said air bag to said air bag carrier, said air bag having a central inlet throat, each of said three connecting flaps comprising a strip of material connected to a rim area of said inlet throat, each of said three connecting flaps having a locating hole, each of said three connecting flaps being folded by 180.degree. around an edge of said air bag carrier, each of said three connecting flaps being passed through a respective through-opening from inside to outside of said carrier, said connecting flaps being folded against said side wall areas of said cover plate and said locating holes in said flaps receiving corresponding locating pins projecting outwardly from said cover plate side wall areas, said cover plate being secured to said carrier by said flaps.