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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2004
John D. Gray, Union, NH (US);
Bruce Batchelder, Rochester, NH (US);
Jim Rogers, Berwick, ME (US);
Ray Evans, Madbury, NH (US);
Ulrich Weissert, Rochester, MI (US);
John D. Gray, Union, NH (US);
Bruce Batchelder, Rochester, NH (US);
Jim Rogers, Berwick, ME (US);
Ray Evans, Madbury, NH (US);
Ulrich Weissert, Rochester, MI (US);
Collins & Aikman Automotive Company, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag door construction for airbag deployment comprising a hard instrument panel having a weakened area outlining at least a portion of an integrally molded airbag door. A reaction plate is attached to the underside of the panel at the airbag door location. A deployment chute is molded with the reaction plate and attached to the hard instrument panel just outboard of the outline of the airbag door. A tether is included that engages with the reaction plate whereupon airbag deployment the tether allows the airbag door/reaction plate welded combination to break loose from the hard instrument panel in a controlled manner.