Patent ID: 8196952

Claim:
An inflatable airbag assembly, comprising: an inflatable airbag having an inflator attachment portion, wherein the inflator attachment portion comprises an inflator insert aperture that is in fluid communication with an inflatable void of the inflatable airbag; an inflator positioned at the inflator attachment portion of the inflatable airbag, wherein the inflator is located at least partially within the inflatable void of the inflator attachment portion of the inflatable airbag; and a coupling and closing member comprising an elongated flexible member wrapped around the inflator after the inflator has been inserted at least partially into the inflator attachment portion such that the inflator and the inflatable airbag are coupled together, wherein the coupling and closing member comprises a closing portion that circumnavigates, after the coupling and closing member has been cinched, an outside surface of the inflator attachment portion of the inflatable airbag after the inflator has been inserted into the inflator attachment portion, wherein the closing portion comprises a closing structure that enables the closing portion to apply tension around the inflator attachment portion, such that the inflator attachment portion is tightly held against the inflator and such that the inflator attachment portion comprises a closed configuration that restricts inflation gas from escaping out of the inflatable airbag via the inflator attachment portion, wherein the coupling and closing member comprises a first mounting portion having a first mounting structure that is configured to interact with a complimentary mounting structure located in a vehicle structure, and wherein the configuration of the first mounting structure combined with the flexibility of the coupling and closing member enables the first mounting structure to be pushed into a complimentary mounting structure of a vehicle structure by user during assembly of a vehicle.