Patent ID: 7216892

Claim:
An air bag module comprising: an air bag housing having an opening for deploying an air bag in a first direction through the opening; a cover for covering said opening, said cover having a tear seam that allows said air bag to pass through the tear of the cover in the first direction; a connector for attaching said cover to said air bag housing, said connector having an aperture and a protrusion for engaging said aperture, said aperture on one of said air bag housing and said cover and said protrusion on the other of said air bag housing and said cover; wherein said protrusion has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, said first portion extending perpendicularly from a surface of one of said air bag housing and said cover, said second portion extending transversely from said first portion, and said third portion extending transversely from said first portion; and wherein said aperture is flexible between a first aperture dimension and a second aperture dimension, said first aperture dimension larger than a protrusion dimension and said second aperture dimension smaller than said protrusion dimension, said protrusion dimension comprising a distance across one of said second portion and said third portion and a thickness of said first portion, said second aperture dimension being greater than said thickness of said first portion.