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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. 14, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew W Zichichi, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
David J Bauer, deceased, late of West Bloomfield, MI (US);
John W Bauer, Jr, legal representative, Allen Park, MI (US);
Kenneth J Barnes, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Michael P Towler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Tip Engineering Group, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2807283 ;
Abstract
An arrangement and method are disclosed for enabling formation of a deployment opening for an air bag in a hard plastic trim piece with or without vinyl cladding in which a hinged reinforcing patch panel is fixedly attached to a section of the hard plastic defined by a preweakening groove pattern.