Patent ID: 7658400

Claim:
A side air bag module including: an inflator ( 140 ), and air bag ( 102 ) and a retainer ( 150 ), the inflator having inflation ports ( 145 ) and a first and a second end ( 142 , 144 ), the inflator configured to be inserted through a first opening ( 120 ) of a first set of openings in an upper portion ( 104 a ) of a main panel ( 105 ) and configured to exit the upper portion of the main panel through a second opening ( 122 ) of the first set of openings, wherein when the inflator is in place in the air bag, the first and second ends of the inflator each respectively extend through one of the first and second openings ( 120 , 122 ), the main panel ( 105 ) also including a lower portion ( 104 b ) connectable to the upper portion ( 104 a ) thereby forming the main panel ( 105 ), the lower portion including a second set of similarly shaped, spaced and aligned first openings ( 120 ) and second openings ( 122 ) through which the inflator extends, and wherein the module includes a reinforcement panel ( 130 ) having a third set of first and second openings ( 120 , 122 ) of like size and orientation relative to the openings ( 120 , 122 ) of the upper portion and aligned to those openings in the upper portion of the main panel, the reinforcement panel ( 130 ) secured to the upper portion ( 104 a ) and formed as an extension of the upper portion of the main panel ( 105 ).