| US 7,523,958 B2 | ||
| Bracket for securing side airbag for automotive vehicle | ||
| Myung-ryun Jang, Suwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Byoung-sun Yoo, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Tae-woo Kim, Wonju-si (Korea, Republic of); Dong-jun Lee, Wonju-si (Korea, Republic of); Eun-hwan Oh, Wonju-si (Korea, Republic of); and Kyun-soon Choi, Jeonju-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/717,423. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 20-2006-0006828 U (KR), filed on Mar. 14, 2006; application No. 20-2006-0007230 U (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2006; application No. 20-2006-0008135 U (KR), filed on Mar. 27, 2006; application No. 20-2006-0010369 U (KR), filed on Apr. 18, 2006; and application No. 20-2006-0010629 U (KR), filed on Apr. 20, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0241539 A1, Oct. 18, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/213 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—730.2 [24/289] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A bracket for securing a side airbag for an automotive vehicle, comprising a lower plate having a lower plate installation
aperture passing therethrough, and an upper plate having an upper plate installation aperture passing therethrough, in which
when the upper plate is coupled to the lower plate, the upper plate installation aperture is communicated with the lower plate
installation aperture, characterized in that one side of the upper plate is connected to one side of the lower plate by a
joint strap,
an extension plate extends downwardly from the lower plate,
connection hooks are formed to protrude from one surface of the lower plate and disposed at the right and left of the lower
plate installation aperture, hook apertures are formed in the lower plate and adjacent to the connection hooks, and insertion
apertures pass through the upper plate and is disposed at the right and left of the upper plate installation aperture, and
a movable plate extends towards an inner end of the insertion apertures from an outer end of the insertion aperture and the
inner end, a lower end and an upper end of the insertion apertures are separated from the movable plate,
wherein when the upper plate is coupled to the lower plate, the connection hooks are resiliently inserted and hooked between
the inner end of the insertion aperture and the free end of the movable plate.
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