Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-25
2007-09-25
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C411S508000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10902568
ABSTRACT:
A clip for attaching a curtain-shield airbag to a body panel of a vehicle comprises a bushing and a pin. The bushing has a flange with a leg extending therefrom. A bore extends through the flange and into the leg for receiving the pin. Outer surfaces of the leg have engagement pieces with shoulders for coupling the bushing to edge regions of a body panel hole into which the leg is inserted. The pin and the bushing are capable of being coupled in a provisionally fixed condition or a permanently fixed condition. When the pin is partially inserted into the bore, the engagement pieces are permitted to flex inwardly of the bore, but when the pin is fully inserted, such inward flexing is prevented. The flange has a wall that provides a partition between the main airbag unit and the entrance hole of the bore in the flange.
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Goto Tatsuya
Kawai Yasuhiro
Kubota Yasushi
Niimi Hirokazu
Dickson Paul N.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Newfrey LLC
Webb Tiffany L.
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