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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Dukeshire, Northwood, NH (US);
Joseph E McKeever, Center Barnstead, NH (US);
John C Galloway, Durham, NH (US);
Everett A Hastings, Farmington, NH (US);
Assignee:
Davidson Textron Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807 / ; 280732 ;
Abstract
A closure for an air bag assembly includes a door having an edge portion of the door that defines a segment of a deployment opening for the air bag when the door is opened and the door is held in a normally closed position by a fastener tab that includes a lip thereon that will cover the edge portion of the door to prevent the air bag from engaging the edge portion during deployment.