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A lightweight can assembly for housing and protecting the gas generator and inflatable bag of a passenger side restraint system includes a tether in the bag flush with the mouth of the can and at its center which retains the spreading forces at the mouth of the can upon bag deployment. This allows f

A lightweight can assembly for housing and protecting the gas generator and inflatable bag of a passenger side restraint system includes a tether in the bag flush with the mouth of the can and at its center which retains the spreading forces at the mouth of the can upon bag deployment. This allows for a lighter section at the mouth of the can and eliminates the need for flanges along the sides of the can, which flanges would undesirably increase the envelope.

대표청구항 ▼

A lightweight reaction can for vehicle passenger inflators comprising, a trough-shaped body part having opposite ends, opposite side walls, and a bottom wall with an inflatable bag ring retaining notch on the inner side of each side wall, said body part further having inflatable bag cover retaining

A lightweight reaction can for vehicle passenger inflators comprising, a trough-shaped body part having opposite ends, opposite side walls, and a bottom wall with an inflatable bag ring retaining notch on the inner side of each side wall, said body part further having inflatable bag cover retaining grooves on the outer side of each side wall, and a plurality of end plate attachment grooves on each opposite end, first and second end plates attached to a respectively associated opposite end of said body part by means positioned in cooperative relation with the respective end plate attachment grooves, each of said first and second end plates acting to retain the shape of said body part and having a shoulder facing inwardly of said body part and positioned to be in substantial alignment with the inflatable bag retaining notches on the inside walls thereof, each of said first and second end plates further having a reaction can attachment flange and a gas generator flange seat positioned to receive and to support an associated one of the ends of an elongated inflator gas generator positioned therein, and a cover for the reaction can to protect an inflator inflatable bag positioned therein, said cover being retained on said reaction can by said inflatable bag cover retaining grooves on the outer side of each side wall of said body part.