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Patent No.:

US 7093850 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2003
Applicants:

Richard Allen Merrifield, Spring Valley, OH (US);

Charles J. Scheib, Kettering, OH (US);

Inventors:

Richard Allen Merrifield, Spring Valley, OH (US);

Charles J. Scheib, Kettering, OH (US);

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An instrument panel and method of making an instrument panel for use in a vehicle having a passenger side airbag module is disclosed. The instrument panel comprising: a first outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface; an intermediary layer disposed on the inner surface; an inner layer disposed on the intermediary layer; a plurality of cuts in the show surface, the plurality of cuts defining a deployable door in the instrument panel and the plurality of cuts in the show surface are not visually perceivable. The plurality of cuts being in the show surface of the first outer layer and the plurality of cuts do not extend all the way through the first outer layer.


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Merrifield, Richard. (2006). Instrument panel with integral hidden door cover and method of manufacture thereof (U.S. Patent No. 7093850). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7093850

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