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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Xingyuan Sun, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807283 ; 24587 ; 403381 ;
Abstract
A cover assembly (40) includes a deployment door (60) which covers a deployment opening (26) in an air bag module (10). A retainer assembly (70) connected with the deployment door (60) has an engaged condition blocking movement of the deployment door from a closed position to an open position. The retainer assembly (70) is moved to a disengaged condition when the deployment door (60) is opened by the inflating air bag (22). When it is in the disengaged condition, the retainer assembly (70) can not be returned to the engaged condition, and the deployment door (60) can not be returned to the closed position.