Instrument panel with invisible airbag deployment door
CA 2043984 C · Owner: Batchelder, Bruce · Inventors: Rafferty, Scott; Batchelder, Bruce
Overview
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A cover assembly for an airbag restraint has a smooth cover and a load bearing insert for concealing an airbag restraint system having a housing, an airbag and a gas generator which includes an inflatant for inflating the airbag for deploying the airbag through the smooth outer cover member. The outer cover member has weakened sections on the inboard surface and filler material is disposed against the cover member to prevent inward collapse of the outer cover member at the weakened sections. An insert is formed in situ of the filler material in an opening in a restraint member and the insert is engaged during initial inflation of the airbag to displace the filler …
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- Filed June 6, 1991 and granted June 1, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 6, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 6, 2013.
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