Patent · US Expired

Automotive interior trim piece having an arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening

US5738367A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1997
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/21
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement and method are disclosed for enabling formation of a deployment opening for an air bag in a hard plastic trim piece with or without vinyl cladding in which a hinged reinforcing patch panel is fixedly attached to a section of the hard plastic defined by a preweakening groove pattern.

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