Passenger airbag door

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2005-08-17

2008-09-30

Ilan, Ruth (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C280S732000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07429058

ABSTRACT:
A passenger side airbag installation for an automotive vehicle has a passenger airbag module mounted in a vehicle compartment in front of an instrument panel. The airbag module has an airbag adapted to deploy in a rearward direction. A door formed integrally with the panel has a crease, which, when severed, allows the door to swing open and create an opening in the panel. The crease is adapted to be severed and the door swung open by the force of the airbag when the airbag deploys to permit the airbag to project through the opening. The door may be bowed forwardly by an accidental impact caused by a passenger or object within the vehicle being thrown against the door if the vehicle is stopped too suddenly. A reinforcing bar limits forward bowing to protect the crease from rupturing.

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patent: 2006/0033313 (2006-02-01), Horiyama

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