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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Aboud, Northville, MI (US);
Jason Baldas, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 90 ; 280731 ; 280732 ; 280752 ; 296 70 ;
Abstract
A vehicle instrument panel assembly includes a vehicle console with first and second movable instrument panel pods positioned on opposing sides of the console. Each pod is independently movable in forward and rearward directions with respect to the console. Each pod includes a first airbag positioned at a forward side thereof and a second airbag positioned at a rearward side thereof for improved energy management.