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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:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1995
Chienhom Lee, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An air bag module (12) includes an air bag (18), a reaction canister (22), and a deployment door (24). The reaction canister (22) has a deployment opening (34). The deployment door (24) includes a door panel (80) which extends across the deployment opening (34). The air bag (18) moves outward through the deployment opening (34) and forcefully against the door panel (80) when inflating. The deployment door (24) further includes a stress riser (98) and a hinge (180). The stress riser (98) is ruptured by the force of the air bag (18) moving against the door panel (80). The hinge (180) supports the door panel (80) for pivotal movement away from the deployment opening (34) when the stress riser (98) has been ruptured. The reaction canister (22) includes a spring clamp (160) which clamps the hinge (180) to the reaction canister (22). The spring clamp (160) dissipates energy by enabling the force of the air bag (18) to move the hinge (180) outward against a bias of the spring clamp (160).
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