STEEL REINFORCED PERSONAL AIRBAG SYSTEM

摘要

An airbag assembly having a canister portion and a chute portion. The chute portion has a plurality of windows in order to engage hooks of the canister portion. In order to reinforce the hook and window engagements, an insert molded reinforcing strip is molded into the chute. The reinforcing strip may be more than one reinforcing strip or a single continuous strap molded around the entire perimeter of the chute. Another embodiment also includes a hinged steel door insert molded into the bottom surface of the chute providing additional reinforcement to the body of the chute.

主权项

1. An airbag assembly comprising:
an airbag canister including at least one hook disposed about a perimeter of the airbag canister; a chute including a body having at least one window extending therethrough, wherein the at least one hook is operably engaged with the at least one window; and a reinforcing strip disposed on the chute and including at least one aperture aligned with the at least one hook and the at least one window to thereby reinforce the connection between the airbag canister and the chute, resulting in a robust system configured to controllably deploy during a vehicle collision event.