摘要 |
A hollow cylindrical housing is provided with first and second ends and mount on the first end for mounting the inflator adapter in an airbag module. The second end has an inside diameter slightly larger than an outside diameter of an inflator which is to be mounted. Internal, axially inclined and radially inwardly protruding teeth and located around a circumference of said second end of the adapter housing where when the second end of the adapter housing is pressed on to the inflator the inwardly protruding teeth grip an exterior surface of the inflator mounted locking the inflator in the inflator adapter. The inflator adapter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said inwardly protruding teeth are positioned substantially uniformly around an external edge of said second end of said inflator adapter housing. The inflator adapter as claimed in claim 2 wherein said housing has a plurality of dimples spaced internally around the inside diameter of said second end of said inflator adapter housing and spaced axially inward from said inwardly protruding teeth. |