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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. 26, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dan William Figlioli, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Thomas E Yott, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Tanzetta D Copelyn, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/1045 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/1045 ;
Abstract
An energy absorbing knee bolster assembly for a vehicle includes a knee deflector for partially surrounding a steering column of the vehicle. The energy absorbing knee bolster assembly also includes left and right energy absorbing knee bolster brackets on opposite sides of the knee deflector. The knee deflector and the energy absorbing knee bolster brackets are integral, unitary, and one-piece.