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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julie A Beusterien, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Richard E Powell, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Assignee:
Tip Engineering Group, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280732 ; 280743 ;
Abstract
A method and arrangement is disclosed for providing one or more air bag deployment doors in which an explosive containing coating is deposited on the inside of an auto interior trim piece in the pattern of the doors immediately over the air bag receptacle in which the air bag is stored. The coating is comprised of a suspension of explosive material in a carrier which is detonated when the system is activated and the door or doors so formed are pushed open by the inflating air bag.