Abstract: A passenger side airbag module is provided with walls for diverting the excess portion of the gas generated by an inflator during an above normal temperature deployment of the air bag cushion so that over-pressurization of the air bag cushion does not occur.

Abstract: An inflator for use in an airbag module assembly including a reaction canister having a stud-receiving opening in a front canister endplate and an inflator-receiving aperture in a rear canister endplate. The inflator includes an inflator housing and a mounting adaptor. The inflator housing has a generally cylindrical sidewall, a front housing end with a mounting stud extending therefrom, and a rear housing end. The mounting adaptor fits over the sidewall of the inflator housing adjacent the rear housing end and is secured to the housing by a snap engagement between a snap projection of one of the housing and the adaptor and a snap receptor of the other of the housing and the adaptor. The mounting adaptor is sized and adapted to extend through the inflator-receiving aperture of the rear canister endplate and has a radially extending flange sized and adapted to engage the rear canister endplate surrounding the inflator-receiving aperture.

Abstract: An inflator for use in an airbag module assembly including a reaction canister having a stud-receiving opening in a front canister endplate and an inflator-receiving aperture in a rear canister endplate. The inflator includes an inflator housing and a mounting adapter, the inflator housing having a generally cylindrical sidewall, a front housing end with a mounting stud extending therefrom, and a rear housing end including an endwall and a boss, the boss extending rearwardly from the endwall. The mounting adapter includes an adapter end cap defining an opening. The adapter end cap is positioned adjacent the endwall of the inflator housing with the boss extending through the opening. The mounting adapter is secured to the housing by a mechanical interengagement between the adapter end cap and the rear housing end.

Abstract: A passenger side air bag exhibits controlled deployment of a vertically elongated frontal surface prior to full inflation. The air bag includes a depending lobe extending downwardly from the inlet opening secured to an inflator module mounted in a dashboard. A portion of the front panel of the air bag is releasably secured, such as by breakaway stitching, to a portion of the rear of the depending lobe, below the inlet opening. Outward deployment of the air bag in an elongated column is prevented by the stitching, and a broad front surface develops early in the deployment and inflation process. The breakaway stitching releases part way through the deployment and inflation process, and the front surface then fills out to full inflation. Higher stitch density in the area of stitching which first releases contributes to controlled deployment.