Slide attachment for air bag canister to instrument panel

摘要

An instrument panel comprising an instrument panel body having an under surface. The under surface has a tear seam to facilitate deployment of an air bag. The instrument panel also includes brackets comprising one of a plurality of axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots. The air bag module includes a plurality of the other of the axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots sized to be received in one of the plurality of axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots spaced sections. The air bag module is attached to the instrument panel by inserting one of the axially spaced sections or axially spaced sections into the other of the axially spaced sections or the axially spaced slots in the bracket and sliding the air bag module relative to the bracket.