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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
Adam Kenneth Trappe, Chesterfield Twp., MI (US);
Ronald King, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Jessie A. Goyette, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Kurt Albert Weiss, Stephentown, NY (US);
Adam Kenneth Trappe, Chesterfield Twp., MI (US);
Ronald King, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Jessie A. Goyette, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Kurt Albert Weiss, Stephentown, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An instrument panel includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a thermoplastic base substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a door portion defined by a tear seam notch in the first surface of the base substrate. The tear seam notch defines a periphery of the door portion. The instrument panel also includes at least one hinge portion defined by a plurality of tear seam notches in the first surface of the base substrate. Each hinge portion interrupts the door portion tear seam notch so that the door portion tear seam notch is not continuous.