Releasable fastener for air bag deployment cover

Details Releasable fastener for air bag deployment cover Releasable fastener for air bag deployment cover

1995-12-01

1997-02-18

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

2807283, B60R 2116

Patent

active

056035241

ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, the vehicle panel has an opening through which an air bag inflates, and a over panel for closing the opening. The cover panel is mounted for movement away from the vehicle panel to permit inflation of the air bag through the opening. A fastener clip is mounted on one of the panels and has an integrally formed extruded boss therethrough which defines a tubular boss extending on an axis normal to the direction of opening movement of the cover panel. The other panel, preferably of molded plastic, has a pair of opposing flex fingers which reach part way around the and grip the outer surface of the tubular boss to thereby retain the fastener clip to the one panel. A screw is installed through the other panel and through the tubular boss to thereby secure the cover panel on the vehicle panel. The flex fingers flex away from one another to release from the outer surface upon opening movement of the cover panel.

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