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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Derek Perkins, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ; G02B / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 6154 ; 200 6102 ; 25022711 ; 2807281 ; 385 13 ;
Abstract
An air bag deployment door with a switch to activate a horn, the switch including a thin, flexible optical cable operatively disposed on or within the horn activation area and a sensor responsive to a change in signal strength through the cable for generating an activation signal to energize a horn.