US 12,263,804 B2
Systems and methods for airbag inflator securement
JD Williams, Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US)
Filed by Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,086.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/471,919, filed on Jun. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0409059 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/30 (2006.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01); B60R 21/26 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/30 (2013.01) [B60R 21/217 (2013.01); B60R 2021/26088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aspirating airbag inflation assembly, comprising:
an airbag cushion;
an aspiration housing fluidly coupled to the airbag cushion, wherein the aspiration housing comprises an aspiration inlet configured to allow for receipt of ambient air into the airbag cushion during inflation of the airbag cushion; and
an inflation module comprising:
an inflator;
a support element configured to physically receive at least a portion of the inflator, wherein the support element comprises a plurality of threads; and
a securement ring configured to physically engage the support element with the inflator at least partially disposed within the support element, wherein the securement ring comprises a plurality of mating threads to engage the plurality of threads of the support element and retain the inflator within the support element during the inflation of the airbag cushion with a portion of the inflator secured between the securement ring and the support element.