And Pin Patents (Class 24/314)
  • Patent number: 8683671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for fastening a retainer of an airbag, in particular of a window bag, to a body of a motor vehicle. The method for fastening including the steps of: arranging the retainer on the body by inserting a hollow pin in a corresponding bodyshell opening; positioning a tool on the retainer; and pressing a pin into an opening of the hollow pin to radially expand the hollow pin, and thereby securing the hollow pin in the corresponding bodyshell opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Ernst-Ludwig Hahn, Wolfgang Werner, Siegfried Lautner, Hermann-Josef Lohmer