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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:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Takahiro Suwama, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuji Yamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Suwama, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuji Yamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interior panel for covering an air bag module of a vehicle, includes a base layer of hard resin, formed with a breakaway portion to form a deployment door for the air bag module; and a covering layer overlying the base layer, and including a surface layer of soft resin forming an interior surface. The covering layer includes a break guide portion formed between the base layer and the surface layer.