Windowed airbag cover
AssigneeMorton International, Inc.
InventorsGregory J. Lang, Bradley D. Harris
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Abstract
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 indicate the location or identify function switches under the molded cover.
Claims18
An automotive vehicle airbag module having a light emitter incorporated therein and a cover for said airbag module having at least one light transmitting window integral with a front surface of said cover for transmitting light from said light emitter within said module to a vehicle occupant and wherein a portion of the cover immediately adjacent each said window is thinned to increase its flexibility.
An automotive vehicle airbag module having a light emitter incorporated therein and a cover for said airbag module having at least one light transmitting window integral with a front surface of said cover for transmitting light from said light emitter within said module to a vehicle occupant, wherein said cover and the at least one window are thermoplastic polymeric materials and the cover is of a different thermoplastic polymeric material than that of the at least one window.
An automotive vehicle airbag module having a cover, said cover having incorporated therein at least one window portion unitary with a front surface of said cover for transmitting light from a light emitter within said module to a vehicle occupant, wherein said cover is made of a transparent thermoplastic and wherein non-window portions of said thermoplastic cover have been painted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.