Chrysler Corporation

George J Zamplas

James H Repp

William M Snell

Lawrence J Achram

Chihan Chen

John E Rauch

A passenger side airbag installation for an automotive vehicle has a passenger airbag module mounted in a vehicle compartment in front of an instrument panel. The airbag module has an airbag adapted to deploy in a rearward direction. A door formed integrally with the panel has a crease, which, when severed, allows the door to swing open and create an opening in the panel. The crease is adapted to be severed and the door swung open by the force of the airbag when the airbag deploys to permit the airbag to project through the opening. The door may be bowed forwardly by an accidental impact caused by a passenger or object within the vehicle being thrown against the door if the vehicle is stopped too suddenly. A reinforcing bar limits forward bowing to protect the crease from rupturing.

Passenger airbag door

A remote control assembly for operating an audio component in a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel having a front side and a back side, and a control for operating a function of the audio component located on the back side of the steering wheel such that a driver's finger can operate the control.

Remote control assembly for operating audio components in motor vehicles

Remote control assembly for operating audio components in motor vehicle

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Novi, MI, United States of America

George J Zamplas