Patent ID: 7467807

Claim:
An inflator for an air bag, comprising: a tubular housing including a gas discharge portion; a first fixing member provided on an outer circumferential surface of the tubular housing for fixing the inflator to a vehicle, the first fixing member including a contacting surface formed of a strip-like member and fixed to the outer circumferential surface and having a shape that corresponds to a shape of the outer circumferential surface, and a non-contacting surface extending in a direction tangential to the outer circumferential surface from one end of the contacting surface without contacting the outer circumferential surface; and a second fixing member having a shape that forms a supporting surface extending at an angle different from that of the non-contacting surface, the second fixing member being made of a member separate from the first fixing member, such that the inflator is mounted to the vehicle at the supporting surface by connecting the second fixing member to the non-contacting surface.