David J. Bauer
30Patents
18h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 4, 1987 → Sep 12, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.