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Dashboard having an integral air bag discharge channel

  • US 5,580,081 A
  • Filed: 05/17/1995
  • Issued: 12/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dashboard for air bag deployment comprising:

  • a support member having a cutaway portion for emergence of said air bag on a passenger side,a flap fitted into said cutaway portion, said flap being attached to said support member by a hinge,a constructional member attached to the underside of said support member, said constructional member comprising a reinforcing half-shell and a discharge channel formed in said half-shell, said discharge channel being an integral structural component of said constructional member, said discharge channel including a supporting shoulder against which said flap bears, and a bent collar at a passage opening for said airbag.

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