| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5560646 |
Air bag door arrangement |
October 1, 1996 |
| An air bag door arrangement is incorporated in an instrument panel that has a substrate and an uninterrupted covering for the substrate. The substrate includes an air bag opening that is closed by a door. The door has a hinged end that is clamped to the substrate by a frame that is benea |
| 5536351 |
Method of manufacturing a trim panel having an air bag door |
July 16, 1996 |
| An interior trim panel for a motor vehicle has an opening for deployment of an air bag and a discrete air bag door that is attached to the interior trim panel for closing the opening and for being opened by an air bag when it is deployed. The door includes a retainer that hinges the door |
| 5447328 |
Trim panel having integral door cover |
September 5, 1995 |
| An instrument panel has an integral door cover for concealing a supplemental inflatable restraint system in a vehicle passenger compartment. The door cover includes a flap that is an integral part of a flexible plastic skin of the instrument panel. The plastic skin is cast in a speci |
| 5407225 |
Invisible airbag door having reinforced PVC shell |
April 18, 1995 |
| An invisible airbag door arrangement is integrated into a decorative automotive instrument panel to create an opening for airbag deployment. The arrangement comprises two self hinging sheet metal doors that are attached to a substrate frame and a cast polyvinyl chloride thermoplastic |
| 5382047 |
Supplemental inflatable restraint cover assembly with a perforated substrate |
January 17, 1995 |
| A cover assembly for concealing a supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system in a vehicle passenger compartment is formed as an integral part of an automotive instrument panel. The cover assembly has a perforated substrate of ductile metal. The perforations are diamond shaped and for |
