EP1577173A3

Airbag retainer

Abstract

The invention relates to airbag retainer (20) for housing and holding an airbag (10). The retainer (20) comprises an upper retainer (21) for housing the airbag (10) and a lower retainer (31) for holding an inflator (I). The upper and lower retainer (21,31) are provided with flange-shaped fastening portions (23,33) in overlying relationship. In order to reduce the weight of the airbag retainer (20), special materials are chosen for the upper and the lower retainer (21,31). In a first aspect, the upper retainer (21) is made of a light metal containing at least one of magnesium or aluminium, while the lower retainer (31) is made of steel. In a second aspect, the upper retainer (21) is made of steel having a thickness in the range of 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm and the lower retainer (31) is made of a metal.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0739788A1	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1
DE19909426A1	Cites	Germany	AY	Search report	1
US5718447A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1
US5947510A	Cites	United States of America	AY	Search report	1
WILHELM W: "KUNSTSTOFF ERSETZT METALL BEI AIRBAG-GEHAEUSEN", ATZ AUTOMOBILTECHNISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT, FRANCKH'SCHE VERLAGSHANDLUNG. STUTTGART, DE, vol. 100, no. 3, 1 March 1998 (1998-03-01), pages 210 - 214, XP000750972, ISSN: 0001-2785	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
2000334394	Japan	A	2000-11-01
2000334394	Japan	A	2000-11-01
2000334394	Japan	–	2000-11-01
2001275410	Japan	A	2001-09-11
2001275410	Japan	A	2001-09-11
2001275410	Japan	–	2001-09-11
01123281	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2001-10-04
01123281	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2001-10-04
01123281	–	–	–
2000334394	–	–	–
2001275410	–	–	–
EP20010123281	–	–	–
JP20000334394	–	–	–
JP20010275410	–	–	–

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US2002050701A1	United States of America	A1	2002-05-02
EP1203703A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2002-05-08
JP2002200955A	Japan	A	2002-07-16
EP1203703A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2004-01-02
US6709005B2	United States of America	B2	2004-03-23
EP1203703B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2005-09-07
EP1577173A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-09-21
EP1577173A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-09-28
DE60113212D1	Germany	D1	2005-10-13
DE60113212T2	Germany	T2	2006-06-29
EP1577173B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-03-14
DE60127321D1	Germany	D1	2007-04-26
DE60127321T2	Germany	T2	2008-01-10

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Airbag retainer

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