Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Grupo Antolin-ingenieria, S.a.

Dwayne William Malone

Tadashi Sato

Neal W Luginbill

Robert A Skapof

Randy A Staib

Tetsuji Fukushima

Timothy D Boxell

Michael J Aittama

James J Yang

Cory J Perriton

Kenneth Alan Shick

Todd S Przybylo

Some embodiments are directed to an assembly for housing and covering a vehicle airbag in an un-deployed state. The assembly can include a hollow housing that defines an interior that is configured to house the airbag in the un-deployed state. The housing can include a door having a linearly extending primary weakened portion spanning longitudinally opposing ends of the housing. The housing door can also include a pair of angled seams that each extend proximate the primary weakened portion to a location adjacent opposing corners of the door. The assembly can also include an intermediate layer disposed over and joined to the housing door, and an exterior layer disposed over and joined to the intermediate layer.

Vehicle restraint apparatus and methods of use and manufacture thereof

A storage assembly for an associated vehicle includes a pocket for storing associated articles. A lid is pivotally secured and selectively positionable between an open position that allows access to the pocket and a closed position that covers the pocket. The lid has an inner, first surface that coincides with a maximum fill line of the pocket when the lid is in the closed position, a recess formed in the first surface of the lid adjacent a first edge of the lid, and an object bumper extending adjacent at least a portion of the recess for preventing the associated articles from interfering with pivotal movement of the lid relative to the pocket.

Interior rotating lid object bumper

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Delaware, OH, United States of America

Dwayne William Malone