Inventor · Beverly Hills, MI, US

David J. Bauer

30Patents
18h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 1987 → Sep 12, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5082310A Arrangement for providing an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 138 Expired
US4893833A Closure for an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 91 Expired
US5744776A Apparatus and for laser preweakening an automotive trim cover for an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 59 Expired
US5883356A Laser scoring process and apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 51 Expired
US4989896A Double door closure for an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US5390950A Method and arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening in an auto interior trim piece Performing Operations; Transporting 41 Expired
US5611564A Method and treatment for forming an air bag deployment opening in leather covered trim Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6294124A Apparatus and process for laser preweakening an automotive trim cover for an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US5080393A Method and apparatus for forming an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US5738367A Automotive interior trim piece having an arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US5375875A Two stage cutter arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US6267918A Apparatus and process for laser preweakening an automotive trim cover for an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US5217244A Arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 24 Expired
US5797619A Automotive trim piece and method to form an air bag opening Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5375876A Air bag deployment door installation Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US6808197B2 Preweakened automotive interior trim piece for covering an air bag installation in an automotive vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US5342088A Deployment door patterns for an air bag safety system Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US5496059A Air bag installation using integrated energy device to form trim piece air bag deployment openings Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US4991271A Anchorage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5478106A Method and arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US7919036B2 Process for producing a preweakened automotive interior trim piece for covering an air bag installation in an automotive vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5393088A Invisible seam deployment door installation with stabilized air bag deployment opening construction Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US5522616A Invisible seam deployment door installation with stabilized air bag deployment opening construction Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US4764681A Method of and apparatus for electrooptical inspection of articles Physics 8 Expired
US6848707B2 Automotive trim piece and method to form an air bag deployment opening Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.