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Cover for vehicle occupant impact protection device

  • US 5,335,937 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1993
  • Issued: 08/09/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cover for an air bag of an impact protection device for occupants of a vehicle, comprising a carrier part, at least one upwardly pivotable cover flap operatively arranged in the dashboard of a vehicle, and a tough elastic plastic surround which is injection molded onto the at least one cover flap and onto the carrier part, wherein the plastic surround has, along a pivot axis edge of the cover flap, a cross-sectional tapering configured to serve as a hinge, and said plastic surround is constructed at at least one further edge of the cover flap as a groove which, in the event of pressure on the at least one cover flap in an opening direction, easily releases an edge which is held in the groove.

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