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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frank Qiukui Liu, Canton, MI (US);
Thomas Junior Luckett, Saline, MI (US);
Kenneth J. Kwasnik, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 2021/21537 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automobile air bag mounting structure includes a chute defining an opening with a first wall extending from the opening, a cover fully sealing the opening, and a hinge member extending integrally between the first wall and a portion of the cover. The hinge member extends from the first housing wall and to the cover in a direction toward the opening with at least one segment therebetween extending away from the opening.