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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Lisandro Trevino, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ashir Prafull Thakore, Novi, MI (US);
Gerald Arthur Heath, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Floyd Kukla, Dearborn Hgts., MI (US);
Shishir K. Agrawal, Belleville, MI (US);
Valerie DiCarlo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seamless passenger side inflatable restraint system for a motor vehicle includes an instrument panel having a deployment opening and a deployment door integral with the instrument panel and closing the deployment opening. The seamless passenger side inflatable restraint system also includes a side inflatable restraint module disposed within the instrument panel and aligned with the deployment opening. The seamless passenger side inflatable restraint system further includes a door reinforcement connected to the deployment door and operatively connected to the instrument panel to rotate the deployment door and retain the deployment door to the instrument panel after inflation of an air bag of the side inflatable restraint module.