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

US5522616A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1995
Grant dateJun 4, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/21652
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An installation and 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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