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Invisible seam deployment door installation with stabilized air bag deployment opening construction

US5393088A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1993
Grant dateFeb 28, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 5, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/2165
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An installation and method is disclosed for mounting an air bag system in an opening in an instrument panel. A stabilizer frame is fixed around the opening in an instrument panel substrate and anchored to a fixed substructure, restraining bulging movement of the instrument panel to rapidly develop shearing stresses in the covering layer by the pressure exerted by the deployment door substrate panel as it is pushed open by the inflating air bag.

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