Patent ID: 7270344

Claim:
An airbag module comprising: a housing with a housing recess and a housing opening; an inflator; an airbag located at least partly in the housing recess, the airbag having an opening therein for receiving the inflator, an elastic reinforcing member that is attached to or integral with the airbag and extends around the periphery of the opening in the airbag for receiving the inflator, the reinforcing member having an external periphery that is larger than an internal periphery of the housing opening and being configured such that the reinforcing member can be deformed and passed from the housing recess through the housing opening and then elastically return to a non-deformed state, the reinforcing member being located adjacent to an exterior wall of the housing such that the housing opening and the opening in the airbag for receiving the inflator are adjacent one another, the inflator being disposed within the housing opening and the opening in the airbag for receiving the inflator and inside a portion of the airbag that is located within the housing recess.