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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Bauer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Tip Engineering Group, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807 / ; 280732 ;
Abstract
A passenger side air bag deployment opening is formed by interfit unequal triangular door substrate panels, four triangular door substrate panels in a first embodiment fit into an asymmetric quadrangular deployment opening in the instrument panel and able to be hinged open by the inflating air bag. Three triangular door substrate panels in a second embodiment forming a triangular deployment opening the door patterns of each embodiment allow the door substrate panels to avoid damage to the windshield and injury to a passenger when forced open.