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US 10,864,880 B2Granted
Knee airbag module housing with securement element mounting features
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsAndrew L. Ross, Jonathan Quijano
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Abstract
A housing for a knee airbag module includes an enclosure structured to receive a knee airbag module therein, and a door rotatably coupled to the enclosure. A first securement element mounting hole is formed in the door at a location in the door structured to reside adjacent an outboard edge and a rearmost edge of the door when the door is in an open condition.
Claims8
A housing for a knee airbag module, the housing comprising:
- an enclosure structured to receive a knee airbag module therein;
- a door rotatably coupled to the enclosure;
- a securement element mounting receptacle including a first wall extending from an interior face of the door in a direction toward an exterior face of the door, and a second wall extending from the door interior face in a direction toward the exterior face of the door and adjoining the first wall;
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- a first securement element mounting hole extending through the first wall.
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A housing for a knee airbag module, the housing comprising:
- an enclosure structured for mounting a knee airbag module therein;
- a door rotatably coupled to the enclosure, the door having an interior face structured to face into the enclosure when the door is in a closed condition, and an exterior face opposite the interior face and structured to face in a direction away from the enclosure when the door is in the closed condition;
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- a securement element mounting receptacle formed in the door, the receptacle including a first wall extending from the door interior face in a direction toward the exterior face, a second wall extending from the door interior face in a direction toward the exterior face of the door and adjoining the first wall, and a first securement element mounting hole extending through the first wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.