Patent ID: 6840534

Claim:
An airbag module comprising a housing and an inflator, the housing including a housing base, two longitudinal sidewalls, a first longitudinal end, a second longitudinal end, and a securing device extending from the housing base internal of the housing for surrounding an outer periphery of the inflator in the vicinity of the second longitudinal end of the housing in which the inflator is pushed into the securing device in the housing in a longitudinal direction of the inflator, the inflator having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, with the first longitudinal end of the inflator abutting against an abutment on the housing at the first on longitudinal end of the housing, and a securing element being inserted into the housing between the opposing second longitudinal end of the inflator and the second longitudinal end of the housing abutting against the second longitudinal end of the inflator securing the inflator to the housing.