Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1990-12-06
1992-05-26
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
B60R 2116
Patent
active
051160790
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle dash board comprises a support mounting a storage compartment for an inflatable air bag, a resilient covering for the dash board, and an opening in the support for enabling deployment of the air bag upon inflation outwardly of the dash board. A decorative panel carried by the support and concealing the storage compartment comprises a backing plate having a U-shaped cut line framing the opening and defining a door. A rod is carried by the support and engages the backing plate along a line connecting the ends of the cut line at the top of the U to provide a hinge line for the door. A resilient layer of material overlies the backing plate and comprises an outer flexible skin layer and an intermediate resilient foam layer bonded to the support and skin. The skin layer has an end flap on its free side opposite the hinge line which is stitched to the adjacent dash board covering so as to define a tamper proof door seam which cannot be pried open either by intention or inadvertance. Inflation of the air bag forces the door open by tearing the stitching to free the door which bends about the rod to enable deployment of the air bag outwardly of the panel.
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patent: 3640546 (1972-02-01), Brawn
patent: 3794349 (1974-02-01), Fuller
patent: 4773673 (1988-09-01), Sakurai
patent: 4925209 (1990-05-01), Sakurai
patent: 4968057 (1990-11-01), Rafferty
Davidson Textron Inc.
Graysay Tamara L.
Marmor Charles A.
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