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Deployment door assembly

  • US 5,615,908 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 04/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for covering an inflatable occupant restraint contained in a canister in a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:

  • a first continuous piece of plastic material defining a substrate, said substrate having a panel portion, first wall portions, and second wall portions;

    said panel portion comprising means for closing an opening in the vehicle, said panel portion having a peripheral edge surface and including means for defining boundaries of a deployment door which is spaced fully from said peripheral edge surface, said panel portion further having oppositely facing inner and outer side surfaces bounded by said peripheral edge surface and extending across and around said deployment door;

    said first wall portions extending across said deployment door and projecting inward from said inner side surface at said deployment door;

    said second wall portions comprising means for directing the inflatable restraint to move outward from the canister toward and against said first wall portions when the inflatable restraint is inflating, said second wall portions projecting inward from said inner side surface and surrounding said deployment door; and

    a second continuous piece of plastic material defining an outer layer having oppositely facing inner and outer side surfaces, said inner side surface of said outer layer covering said outer side surface on said substrate in overlying surface contact, said outer side surface of said outer layer comprising means for continuing a trim theme of the vehicle across and around said deployment door;

    said substrate further having mounting portions comprising means for mounting said apparatus on the vehicle at locations spaced from the canister, said mounting portions projecting inward from said panel portion at locations between said wall portions and said peripheral edge surface;

    said mounting portions of said substrate comprising mounting bosses projecting inward from said panel portion along respective central axes, said axes being parallel to each other and inclined from a vertical line at a first angle, each of said first wall portions being inclined from a vertical plane at a second angle equal to said first angle.

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