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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:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Spilker, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Donald J Paxton, Brigham City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Morton International, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807282 ; 280732 ; 292 32 ; 220615 ; 220682 ;
Abstract
An automotive passenger airbag module is assembled by securing two endcaps to a chute or housing. The endcaps have tabs which engage channels in the sidewalls of the housing and may be secured by staking portions of the channels to hold the tabs fast during deployment of the airbag.