Patent ID: 7703796

Claim:
An air bag module ( 20 ) comprising: an inflator ( 200 ) for providing inflation gas; a retainer or bracket assembly ( 100 ) having a central plate portion, a flexible first bracket end ( 120 ) oriented at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a plane of the central plate portion and a flexible, second bracket end ( 130 ) oriented at an initial first non-perpendicular predetermined angle relative to the plane of the central plate portion, and a portion of the second bracket end configured as a spring and being deformable by movement of the inflator into a retained position of the inflator, the inflator when in an installed position extending across and through the first and second bracket ends, with portions of the inflator located on opposing sides of each of the first and second bracket ends; and the second bracket end configured to create a twisting force upon that portion of the inflator extending through the second bracket end as a result of the second bracket end being deformed.