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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. 21, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J Barnes, Shelby Township, Shelby County, MI (US);
David J Bauer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807 / ; 280732 ;
Abstract
An arrangement and method is described of forming an air bag deployment opening in an interior trim piece having an vinyl skin overlying a rigid substrate so as to be invisible prior to operation of the air bag system, comprising an energy generating linear cutting element arranged in a door pattern beneath the skin acting to degrade or cut the skin when activated. The element is mounted either in an outwardly facing channel formed in door sections of the substrate or on a separate membrane interposed between the skin and substrate.