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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. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, Patchogue, NY (US);
TRW Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A cover for an air bag comprising a lid portion and mounting side wall portions having upper and lower ends, the upper ends connected to the lid portion and the lower ends adapted for connection to either a fixed part of a vehicle or another part. The lid portion has a weakened line which ruptures when the air bag is deployed. The cover is an integral structure. The lid comprises a flexible and soft layer whereas the mounting side walls comprise a rigid layer and both layers are united at their points of contact or contact regions. A method for manufacturing the above described cover by injecting thermoplastic synthetic resin elastomer material through a first entry point(s) into a first mold cavity of an injection-mold for molding the lid portion and injecting thermoplastic synthetic resin material through a second entry point(s) into a second mold cavity of an injection-mold for molding the mounting side wall portions, the first and second molds being in communication with each other.
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