Air bag device

Claim 2

An air bag device, comprising, an air bag, a retainer including a plate portion with side edges and an outer surface, said air bag being placed on the outer surface, and erected pieces extending from the side edges of the plate portion in the direction away from the outer surface of the plate portion and having outer surfaces, a module cover for covering the air bag placed on the retainer, said module cover having leg portions overlapping the erected pieces of the retainer, said module cover being molded by one-color molding, a plurality of tongues formed on the erected pieces, each tongue having an upper end flush with the outer surface of an erected piece and a lower end located away from the outer surface of the erected piece so that each tongue extends downwardly outwardly from the erected piece at a predetermined angle, and a plurality of openings formed in the leg portions of the module cover at positions corresponding to the tongues of the erected pieces so that when the leg portions of the module cover are slid over the erected pieces of the retainer for assembling together, the leg portions pass over the tongues and allow the openings to engage with the tongues to thereby firmly hold the module cover over the retainer.

Claim 3

An air bag device of claim 1, wherein each opening formed in a leg portion of the module cover is inclined at an angle corresponding to the angle of a tongue so that the tongue easily enters into the opening.

Claim 4

An air bag device of claim 2, further comprising fixing means for fixing the module cover to the retainer, said fixing means including a reinforcing member to be placed over a leg portion placed on an erected piece and a rivet extending through the reinforcing member, the leg portion and the erected piece to fasten together.

Claim 5

An air bag device, comprising, an air bag, a retainer including a plate portion with side edges and an outer surface, said air bag being placed on the outer surface, and erected pieces extending from the side edges of the plate portion in the direction away from the outer surface of the plate portion and having lower edges and a plurality of projections extending further downwardly from the lower edges of the erected pieces, a module cover for covering the air bag placed on the retainer, said module cover having leg portions overlapping the erected pieces of the retainer, said module cover being molded by one-color molding, and hook portions formed at lower ends of the leg portions of the module cover, said hook portions extending in the directions toward the erected pieces of the retainer located adjacent thereto and having a plurality of openings adjacent to the leg portions, each opening having a size substantially to a size of a corresponding projection so that when the leg portions with the hook portions are slid over the erected pieces of the retainer for assembling together, the hook portions pass over the lower edges of the erected pieces to engage thereto and the projections of the erected pieces enter into the openings of the hook portions to thereby firmly hold the module cover over the retainer.

Claim 6

An air bag device, comprising, an air bag, a retainer including a plate portion with side edges and an outer surface, said air bag being placed on the outer surface, and erected pieces extending from the side edges of the plate portion in the direction away from the outer surface of the plate portion and having lower edges and a plurality of projections extending further downwardly from the lower edges of the erected pieces, a module cover for covering the air bag placed on the retainer, said module cover having leg portions overlapping the erected pieces of the retainer, said module cover being molded by one-color molding, and hook portions formed at lower ends of the leg portions of the module cover, said hook portions extending in the directions toward the erected pieces of the retainer located adjacent thereto and having a plurality of openings adjacent to the leg portions, each opening having a size substantially to a size of a corresponding projection so that when the leg portions with the hook portions are slid over the erected pieces of the retainer for assembling together, the hook portions pass over the lower edges of the erected pieces to engage thereto and the projections of the erected pieces enter into the openings of the hook portions to thereby firmly hold the module cover over the retainer.

Claim 7

An air bag device of claim 4, further comprising fixing means for fixing the module cover to the retainer, said fixing means including a reinforcing member to be placed over a leg portion placed on an erected piece and a rivet extending through the reinforcing member, the leg portion and the erected piece to fasten together.