Air bag assembly and tether

摘要

An air bag (102 or 320) having a tether (30 or 130), the tether formed into a hook (155, 157) and loop or eye (142) configured to be looped about a structure including an inflator (332) to which the air bag and tether are to be secured.

主权项

1. An air bag (102 or 320) having a tether (30 or 130), the tether (30 or 130) formed into a hook (155 or 157) or hooks (155 and 157) and an eye (142) configured to be looped about a structure to which the air bag and tether are to be secured, wherein the hooks (152 and 154) are secured by a plurality of stitches (156) wherein a remote end (150) having the hooks (155 and 157) is formed into a pointed tip or arrow like structure (160) and wherein to secure the air bag to a frame of a seat, the remote end (150) of the tether (130) is looped about the frame, and the pointed tip or arrow like structure (160) is threaded through the eye (142), subsequently that portion of the tether forming the hook (152 and 154) form a double hook or barbed structure (155 and 157) about the seat is pulled moving the barbed structure or double hooks (155 and 157) toward the eye (142) to secure the air bag to the seat.