Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1996-06-05
1998-03-03
Dickson, Paul N.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280732, B60R 2116
Patent
active
057226849
ABSTRACT:
A cover and housing assembly for a module of a vehicle safety restraint system including a cover having a pairs of doors. Each of the doors has an upper edge and a lower edge, joined by a seam of frangible material. An extruded housing includes a pair of sidewalls, each of the sidewalls having a free edge extending along a length thereof. A plurality of attachment segments are formed integrally with and spaced along a length of each of the doors, so as to form an open section between respective pairs of attachment segments. A plurality of attachment portions are formed integrally with and spaced along a length of each of the sidewalls so as to form a recessed section between respective pairs of attachment portions. Upon assembly of the cover and housing, each of the attachment segments of the doors is received within a respective recessed section of the housing and each of the attachment portions of the housing is received within a respective open section of the cover. Grooves in the attachment segments and portions are aligned to form a channel between each of the housing sidewalls and the pair of cover doors. An attachment rod extends through each channel to form a direct hinged connection between the sidewalls of the housing and the doors of the cover, upon deployment of the module, the doors separate along the frangible seam and pivot outwardly opening the housing, without causing material stress to the cover at the hinged connection.
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Saderholm Davin G.
Shaklik Brian M.
Dickson Paul N.
Gorski Corinne R.
Morton International Inc.
White Gerald K.
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