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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Brian Downey, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Brian Downey, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicular interior trim piece with a tether for use with a side curtain airbag. The tether is attached to an integral first panel portion and a second panel portion which rotates about a hinge out of the path of the airbag. The tether prevents complete detachment of the second panel from the first panel.