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AssigneeLarry J. Winget
InventorsDarius J. Preisler, Jason T. Murar
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An air bag cover assembly is provided including a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag, an ornamental pad permanently fastened to the front panel within an outer recessed portion, and a membrane-type switch lying behind the rear inner surface of the pad in a switch location area defined by a plastic top plate and an ornament of the ornamental pad. In a first embodiment, the ornament is a plastic ornament integrally formed with the plastic top plate. In a second embodiment, the ornament is fixedly secured as a separate part to the plastic top plate. In the second embodiment, the plastic top plate is a thermoplastic elastomeric body having a front surface and a rear surface. The body has a plurality of slots extending between the front and rear surfaces at predetermined spaced locations and wherein the ornament is a decorative badge having a plurality of tabs which extend through the corresponding slots, each of the tabs having a bent portion pressing against the rear surface of the elastomeric body so as to create a constant load on the elastomeric body, wherein the elastomeric body exerts an opposing reaction to the constant load thereby allowing the decorative badge to be fixedly secured to the elastomeric body.
An air bag cover assembly comprising:
A method of making an air bag cover having an ornamental pad and a switch secured thereto for an inflatable air bag system, the method comprising:
A method of making an air bag cover having an ornamental pad and a switch secured thereto for an inflatable air bag system, the method comprising:
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