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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:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry F Lunt, Brigham City, UT (US);
Donald J Paxton, Brigham City, UT (US);
David L Spilker, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Harold A Rothenberger, Millville, CA (US);
Assignees:
Morton International, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
A & B Plastics, Inc., Yakima, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807282 ; 248 99 ; 280732 ;
Abstract
An improved retainer rod for a passenger-side airbag is formed of two different plastics having different physical characteristics by a dual durometer extrusion process. The improved retainer rod has a cylindrical main body of a hard rigid plastic which can withstand bag deployment forces and a sheet-like flag of softer flexible plastic which can be sewn to the bag material.