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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Lawrence J Verellen, Wahington, MI (US);
Ivanna G Malinow, Macomb Township, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus (10) comprises a length of seat belt webbing (16) extensible about a vehicle occupant and a mechanism (80) associated with the length of seat belt webbing. The mechanism (80) includes at least one movable component (82, 84) and a one-piece cover member (90) defining a chamber (88) in which the at least one movable component is located. The cover member (90) encloses the at least one movable component (82, 84) and damps audible noise generated by vibration of the at least one movable component. The one-piece cover member (90) comprises at least two layers (92, 94) of dissimilar polymeric material bonded together. The layer includes a base layer (92) and an outer layer (94). One of the layers (92, 94) is made of an impact resistant material and the other of the layers (92, 94) of a noise absorbing material bonded to the one layer.
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