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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181986 | Directional device for deployment of an airbag A directional device for the deployment of an airbag includes a deflection element that directs airbag deployment, the deflection element on actuation of the airbag exerting a pressure on the airbag which is directed away from the windscreen during the entire airbag... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181987 | Air bag deployment door with force transmitting hinge An air bag deployment apparatus is provided for use in an air bag deployment system of an automotive vehicle. The apparatus has a support base for attachment to a rear surface of an occupant facing substrate. A door support panel has upper and lower surfaces and fou... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177255 | Device for securing an airbag deployment panel This device includes a flexible net (26), a first end portion (28) of which is overmolded by the flap (20) and a second portion (30) is overmolded by a support element (24), the central portion extending between the first and secon... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177254 | Vehicle airbag device A vehicle airbag device has: a pad cover provided at the center of a steering wheel constituted of a spoke, a rim, and a hub and secured to the hub or to the spoke; an airbag that is provided, in a folded state, at the pad cover and deploys upon collision of the veh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172259 | Airbag cover for receiving an airbag package for an airbag module of a motor vehicle and process for its production An airbag cover for receiving an airbag compressed into an airbag package for an airbag module of a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag cover comprising one or more precut sections of a flexible material connecting sites, by way of which regions of the at least on... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157289 | Hinge for an airbag cover The invention relates to a hinge for an airbag cover, having a planar textile element as a hinge between the cover of the airbag and an adjacent airbag cover region, for example in the interior of a motor vehicle, and to a region of the planar textile element which ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8123247 | Passenger side airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag (PAB) door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which cover... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113539 | Automotive seat trim cover A trim cover for an automotive seat including an air bag includes a bolster and a side facing attached with the bolster to form a seam. At least a portion of the side facing includes a panel folded onto itself and joined along at least one edge, and is configured to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113538 | Airbag cover and airbag device An airbag cover and an airbag device capable of improving an outer appearance of the airbag cover and simplifying a structure of a hinge portion are provided. In one form, an airbag cover is formed by integrally resin molding a plate portion which forms a vehicle in... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100431 | Front passenger seat airbag apparatus A split-opening portion is formed by two transverse breakable portions that extend substantially along the transverse direction of a vehicle, two front-rear breakable portions that extend substantially along the front-rear direction of the vehicle and are connected ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096577 | Hinge for an air-bag cover The invention relates to an airbag cover hinge having a textile hinge that can be connected both to the airbag cover and to a carrier part surrounding the airbag cover, wherein the hinge comprises two different systems absorbing forces, which is to say one textile s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8047563 | Occupant protection apparatus First and second panels of air bag material are secured to one another with at least one seam defining a portion of a perimeter of a cavity bounded by the first and second panels, which is open along at least one unseamed portion extending along the first and second... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038168 | Automotive P.S.I.R. milling burr control tape An injection molded plastic instrument panel P.S.I.R. hidden door milling method including applying a stiff tape, having a hardness greater than a hardness of the plastic instrument panel, to a plastic instrument panel surface to be milled to prevent flexing of the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029015 | Airbag cover and airbag apparatus An airbag cover and an airbag apparatus are provided which achieve cost reduction by integrally molding an instrument panel and an inner case as well as ensure the rigidity of the instrument panel without degrading the aesthetically pleasing of the instrument panel.... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011689 | Airbag apparatus for vehicles Disclosed herein is an airbag apparatus for vehicles, which is capable of minimizing the loss of pressure of an airbag cushion. The airbag housing of the airbag apparatus accommodates an airbag cushion which is deployed through an opening. An airbag deployment door ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011688 | Air bag door, method of controlling breakage of fracture lines, and method of deploying air bag An air bag door in which the remaining thickness of a substrate at a centerline of a fracture groove formed into the shape of an air bag door on a back surface of the substrate is set to be smaller than other portions, and dotted fracture perforations for braking th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011690 | Trim panel breakaway feature A trim panel overlaying a pillar includes a first trim portion and a second trim portion separable from one another. A handle attaches to the pillar at first and second points by fasteners extending through the second trim portion, the first and second points being ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997609 | Airbag packet An airbag packet includes an airbag that is vacuum packed in a film. The airbag is folded into a deep drawn lower film that is sealed at sealing points to an upper film. The sealing points are sealed at various strengths so that when the airbag is deployed the upper... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997610 | Knee airbag device A knee airbag device includes an airbag module and an airbag door. The airbag module, which is provided inside a column cover that covers the rear end portion of a steering column, includes a gas generation device that generates gas when a collision occurs, and a kn... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992890 | Airbag guide with a covering The present invention provides an airbag guide with a covering which comprises a lid (4) and an airbag guide (7) which are connected to each other by a hinge (10). In the fitted state, the lid (4) is clamped between the airbag guide (7... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992891 | Interior panelling part for covering an airbag and method for production thereof An interior panelling part for covering an airbag has a sheet-like support, a decorative layer and an intermediate layer arranged between the support and the decorative layer. A passage opening for the airbag is left open in the support. The intermediate layer compr... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988184 | Front passenger airbag device A front passenger airbag device includes an airbag that deploys toward a front seat passenger, and an airbag door provided in a dashboard. The airbag door includes a central door that opens in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and lateral end doors that are provided... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980588 | Automotive airbag cover and method of manufacturing automotive airbag cover A skin material (5) including an impregnable fiber layer is overlapped and bonded onto a top surface of a base material (3) including a base material cleavage groove (13) having a predetermined depth from a rear surface of the base material (... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980587 | Passenger side airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976057 | Automotive milled PSIR scoring with interlaced interfaces An automotive Passenger Side Inflatable Restraint (PSIR) hidden door system contained in an automotive instrument panel and a method of scoring the PSIR door system. The system includes forward and rearward doors hingedly connected at first and second hinges, respec... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967330 | Crash pad for automotive interior and apparatus for manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a crash pad for an automotive interior, including a passenger air-bag door, which may have a main resin layer including a door region having a hinge portion and a tear line for a deployment of an air-bag and a crash pad region at least partially ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967329 | Protective layer for an airbag assembly An instrument panel assembly for a passenger vehicle is provided with a protective film. The protective film has only one unfolded layer. The film layer is sized to cover an opening in an instrument panel. The opening is sized for an airbag to deploy through. The fi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967328 | Continuous side airbag seam A continuous side airbag seam for use in a seat of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The seam includes a first material and a second material or a combination of materials joined to one another. The seam further may include any known thread member used to join the first... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959183 | Airbag cover with a frame with a metallic appearance An airbag cover (1) for automotive vehicles incorporating at least one decorative element (3) as an integral part of the cover but having an appearance different to the rest of the cover and a contour delimited by two U-shaped grooves (15, 17) a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954842 | Airbag restraint device for occupants of a vehicle An airbag restraint device for occupants of a vehicle, and including an airbag system having an airbag module with an inflatable airbag. A cover at least partially covers the airbag and has a tear seam via which the airbag, upon inflation, can expand outwardly. A fo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954843 | Two shot automotive PSIR chute An automotive PSIR hidden chute assembly contained behind an automotive instrument panel. The PSIR may include chute forward and rearward doors, first and second chute flanges, and an instrument panel, each constructed of a first hard material, and first and second ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938437 | Method for producing a weakened zone, in particular a predetermined breaking point for an airbag exit opening, component and apparatus In a method for producing a weakened zone, in particular a predetermined breaking point for an airbag exit opening, in a carrier part equipped on the visible side with a decorative material, in particular a leather decoration, the carrier part is provided with a wea... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934746 | Motor vehicle with an A-column and airbag incorporated therein A motor vehicle with a passenger compartment is provided with an A-column, which is arranged to the side of a windshield of the motor vehicle, as well as a cross strut joined with the A-column. The A-column and cross strut are spaced apart from each other and joined... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934745 | Airbag cover, instrument panel, airbag device, and airbag storage An airbag cover to be mounted to correspond to a passenger seat of a vehicle is disclosed that provides an effective technique to ensure the strength, during opening, of an opened end in the part opening toward an occupant pushed by an inflating and developing airba... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918481 | Vehicle airbag device and method for manufacturing the same An airbag device in which a lid part over an opening formed in a base member opens in a suitable opening direction when the airbag is deployed. A tear seam is formed so as to extend along the axis line of a hinge shaft of the lid part in a region further to the outs... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914037 | Gas bag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system and method of manufacturing a gas bag cover A gas bag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system has a plastic cap (12) with a front face (14) and a rear face (16) facing a gas bag (17), and a decorative element (18) provided on the front face (14). The decorative ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905512 | Vehicular instrument panel Disclosed is a vehicular instrument panel, and more particularly, is a vehicular instrument panel in which a door portion can be easily cut away from an instrument panel for the inflation of an air bag upon a car collision. The vehicular instrument panel includes a ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900956 | Interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag An embodiment of an interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag; the trim having: an inner layer, made of rigid plastic material having a behavior of a thermosetting type, which constitutes the skeleton; an intermediate layer, made of spongy pl... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891699 | Airbag module cover A cover for a driver's side airbag module is provided, the cover having a central body portion with an opening disposed therein, the central body portion having a predetermined tear seam for defining a pair of deployable doors, the predetermined tear seam extending ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887087 | Energy absorbent hinge for an air bag deployment door An integrated air bag support structure that functions to dissipate excessive energy from a door panel during air bag deployment includes a support base configured to surround a door support panel. An air bag chute tube extends downward from the support base and con... | 02/15/2011 |
