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5585606 |
Readily rupturable membrane switch for airbag module
A membrane switch wherein the membranes have rupturable bridge members. The bridge members provide an area that is readily rupturable such that they can be appropriately placed in proximity to or...
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5580082 |
Steering wheel pad attachment structure
A plurality of claws are formed, by, for example, cutting or stamping, on side walls of an air bag holder and extend toward pad side walls and downwardly. Holes are formed in the pad side walls....
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5577766 |
Pad for steering wheel including membrane switch
A pad for a steering wheel includes a membrane switch forming member and a cover member. The switch forming member includes a switch body and a support plate. The switch body has a plurality of...
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5577763 |
Air bag mounting structure and method
An apparatus comprises an inflatable air bag (22) having an inlet opening (142) and a mounting portion (144) surrounding the inlet opening. An inflator (24) provides inflation fluid for inflating...
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5577768 |
Air bag device having a minimized cone depth
An inflater and a control unit are integrally formed so that connector cables for electrically connecting the inflater and the control unit can be shortened to the minimum required length. In some...
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5577767 |
Housing assembly for an air bag and vehicle horn switch
An apparatus for enclosing an air bag (38) on a steering wheel (22) includes an inner cover (34) at least partially enclosing the air bag (38) and having a tear seam central portion (50) along...
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5575498 |
Airbag module cover with floating horn switch
An airbag module cover having a floating membrane horn switch freely retained within a positive gap formed between the airbag module cover and a horn switch backing plate attached thereto. The...
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5573268 |
Driver's side airbag cover incorporating function switches
The driver's side airbag cover of an automotive airbag module is of one-piece, as opposed to layered, construction. It carries keypads within its active region which control function switches. The...
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5570899 |
Air bag device for protecting an occupant
An air bag mounting structure is formed of an air bag mounting plate having a through opening; an inflator disposed in the through opening and having a flange disposed under the air bag mounting...
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5570901 |
Occupant restraining system for the driver's side of a vehicle
A combined occupant restraining system for the vehicle driver's side has a gas bag integrated in the steering wheel and a knee impact protector. The steering wheel is secured to a tubular steering...
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5569893 |
Driver air bag cover with integral horn and redundant switches
An improved driver air bag module cover having a unitary membrane switch assembly including a central horn switch and adjacent accessory switches independently operable in response to user-imparted...
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5562301 |
Assembly for mounting an air bag cover and inflator to a steering wheel
A vehicular gas bag restraining system including a folded gas bag (12) arranged behind a cover (10) and a gas generator (16) mounted on a supporting plate.(18), the folded gas bag (12) forming...
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5563354 |
Large area sensing cell
A thin film force sensor designed to sense application of a force over a wide area. In one embodiment, a large area sensing cell is provided that comprises a first planar electrode configured as a...
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5560264 |
Method for manufacturing a motor vehicle steering wheel, and steering wheel obtained thereby
A method for manufacturing a steering wheel involves moulding a steering wheel skeleton 1 and an air bag reception dish 2 integral therewith, placing a folded inflatable bag 3 in the dish, and...
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5560643 |
Airbag module with clamped attachment of airbag cushion
An airbag module incorporates an inflatable airbag cushion having an inflatable body and a collar defining an open mouth for receiving inflation gas, with a stiffening collar ring secured to the...
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5560642 |
Driver air bag module assembly
An improved construction and assembly process for a driver's-side air bag module is provided which incorporates an integral inflator and air cushion clamp ring, and which is readily snap-fit...
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5560648 |
Air bag deployment bias apparatus
A vehicle steering wheel and air bag module assembly includes a steering wheel and an air bag module. The steering wheel has a hub portion and a rim portion and at least one spoke portion...
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5558300 |
Adaptable aircraft airbag protection apparatus and method
An aircraft airbag module and an energy or impact absorbing and shock reducing control yoke are disclosed, the airbag module using non toxic compressed gas to provide either pyrotechnic or...
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5558365 |
Tethered air bag
An apparatus is provided for an air bag mounted in a Vehicle such that a steering wheel rotates with respect to the air bag. The air bag inflates towards an occupant upon sudden decelerations of...
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5553888 |
Snap-on, removable steering wheel with integral airbag housing
A snap-on steering wheel assembly (10) is provided with an integral air bag housing (38) for supporting an air bag (50) therein. The assembly includes a steering wheel having a hub. An inflator...
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5547213 |
Press-on inflator mount
An inflator mount for attachment to an inflator having a cylindrical sidewall and a peripheral inflator flange radially extending from the sidewall, and for mounting the inflator within an airbag...
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5547149 |
Aircraft airbag protection apparatus and method
Airbags are positioned in a general aviation aircraft cockpit relative to a control yoke, a pilot, and a front seat passenger. Airbag actuation is controlled by a adaptive programmable controller...
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5542694 |
Thermoplastic air bag cover having a unitary multifunctional domed switching module
A thermoplastic air bag cover having a unitary multifunctional domed switching module is provided wherein the domes are integrally formed with a front plate of the switching module to seal and...
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5529337 |
Air bag device
An air bag device is formed of a first air bag accommodated in a steering pad and receiving an occupant by the inflation and deployment at a collision and a second air bag seamed with a portion of...
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5529339 |
Air bag fold and method
A supplemental restraint system including an air bag for use in a vehicle to restrain an occupant during a sudden deceleration or collision. The air bag is folded in a hexagon configuration and...
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5524922 |
Energy dissipation features in air bag clousures
A closure for an air bag deployment opening is provided. The closure includes at least one integral reinforcement rib and/or appropriately thickened hinge section to prevent undesired tearing of...
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5523532 |
Airbag module cover with attached horn switch and method of producing same
A plurality of spaced pairs of stakes are molded on the back of an airbag module cover. A horn switch assembly which is to be mounted on the back of the airbag module cover has a plurality of...
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5520412 |
Thermoplastic air bag cover having a membrane switch
A relatively flexible thermoplastic air bag cover is provided including a front panel wherein a curved border area about a switch location area of the front panel gradually and continuously...
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5520409 |
Cover retention in occupant restraint installations
A method and assembly resulting in improved cover to housing retention in occupant restraint assemblies is disclosed. The improved retention is realized via the appropriate application and use of a...
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5516143 |
Windowed airbag cover
A molded cover for an automotive airbag module is provided with one or more windows therethrough to transmit light from a light source within said module. The light source is typically used to...
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5509685 |
Air bag module
An air bag module comprising an air bag disposed inside a module housing. An air bag inflater extends into the housing through an opening in the housing. The inflater has a flange on the outside of...
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5507521 |
Automatic tilt mechanism for steering wheel with inflatable restraint
An inflatable vehicle occupant restraint apparatus (26) and a steering wheel (22) are mounted on an upper portion (38) of a vehicle steering column (20). The upper portion (38) of the steering...
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5508481 |
Steering wheel with horn switch assembly
A motor vehicle steering wheel having a horn switch assembly including a module mounting plate on the steering wheel, a pair of horn contact plates attached to the module mounting plate in plug-in...
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5505483 |
Airbag safety module for vehicle
An airbag safety module for automotive vehicles is provided. This module includes a box-like cover and a housing. The cover incorporates therein an airbag, an inflator, and an airbag control unit...
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5503426 |
Method of attaching a mounting bracket to an airbag inflator
A method of attaching a mounting bracket to an inflator having a cylindrical sidewall and a peripheral inflator flange radially extending from the sidewall that includes: providing a unitary...
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5499842 |
Pad for air bag device
A pad or cover for an air bag assembly formed of a thermoplastic elastomer and having an outer wall that includes a substantially H-shaped thin-walled breaking seam designed to break when the air...
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5499841 |
Vehicle safety apparatus a housing assembly for an air bag and vehicle horn switch
A vehicle safety apparatus includes a housing assembly (24) which is mounted on a steering wheel (22) of a vehicle. The housing assembly (24) encloses an air bag (38) and an inflator (44). In...
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5498022 |
Vehicle interior with color coordinated substrate
The basic material from which the steering wheel and the substrate from which a dash board of a motor vehicle are fabricated are colored a predetermined visible color. The dash board and steering...
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5496057 |
Air bag module cover retainer
An air bag module includes an air bag and an inflator for discharging gas to inflate the air bag. The module includes a cover having a plurality of hooks and a base plate including a plurality of...
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5489806 |
Airbag horn switch with temperature compensation
A pressure activated switch is positioned for actuation of a horn in the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The switch is mounted on an airbag cover and generates a signal when the switch is...
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5482315 |
Large L/D ratio tubular hybrid gas generator for the inflation of air bags
An elongated tubular hybrid gas generator for the inflation of air bags in which the ratio of length to diameter is at least ten. The device may be substituted for a structural element in a motor...
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5480184 |
Inflatable occupant restraint device
An occupant restraining device which includes a dual reusable airbag system with one airbag adjacent to the other. One airbag is inflated prior to installation providing continuous impact...
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5470100 |
Air bag module inflator retainer
An air bag module includes an inflator for discharging gas and a base plate including a plate opening. A plurality of stud members are mounted to the base plate and extend downwardly from the base...
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5470634 |
Cover for air-bag installation
A cover for an air-bag installation includes two superimposed layers of polymer material, each layer carrying complementary flanges or fingers, the flanges or fingers of the layers being...
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5470099 |
One-piece steering wheel assembly
A method and steering wheel assembly having a steering wheel comprising a preselected material continuously molded onto at least a driver's side thereof to conceal the air bag when the air bag is...
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5470101 |
Driver side air bag module
An air bag module (20) having a base plate (24), with opposingly situated open sided, channels (50a,b), each channel having at least one open end (61). The module includes a cover (100) for...
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5465998 |
Air bag cover having a tear seam membrane switch
A snap-on air bag cover for use with an air bag container having a retaining member. The snap-on air bag cover includes a plastic front cover adapted to directly enclose an uninflated air bag. A...
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5460402 |
Air bag cover door having a predetermined opening characteristic
An air bag cover door assembly utilizes a releasable fastener along each side of the air bag cover door to provide a predetermined opening characteristic for the cover door. The fasteners can be...
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5456493 |
Cylindrical air bag
An air bag formed of thin flexible sheet material is mounted in a housing within a motor vehicle in a deflated condition and is rapidly inflatable for protecting an occupant in the passenger...
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5449197 |
Air bag cover sewn to underlying membrane switch
A cover arrangement is disclosed for an air bag which is arranged in a motor vehicle and is automatically inflated to form an impact cushion for an occupant in the event of an accident. The cover...
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