Energy absorbing vehicle door
CA 2031391 A1 · Owner: Welch, Jeffrey A. · Inventors: Welch, Jeffrey A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract of the Disclosure A door includes an outer panel and an inner panel which are attached together and define a cavity therebetween for mounting the window regulator and other door hardware. A door trim panel assembly mounted on the inner panel includes a trim panel of substantially rigid material carrying a decorative trim cover facing the occupant. An energy absorbing collapsible device is interposed between the inner panel and the trim panel for collapsibly absorbing energy imposed thereon. The trim panel has structurally weakened portions, preferably in the form of a plurality of slots integrally molded into the trim panel, by which the trim panel predictably yields to communicate …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 3, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 3, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 3, 2012.
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