Door assembly for an inflatable restraint system
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsArthur Single, Richard David Arndt
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Abstract
A door assembly for an inflatable restraint system mounted in a motor vehicle includes a deployment door closing a deployment opening in vehicle structure. The door assembly also includes at least one tether connected to the deployment door and operatively connected to the vehicle structure to retain the deployment door to the vehicle structure after inflation of an inflatable restraint of the inflatable restraint system.
Claims17
A door assembly for an inflatable restraint system mounted in a motor vehicle comprising:
- a post deployment door for the inflatable restraint system closing a deployment opening in vehicle structure and overlapping edges of the deployment opening after an inflatable restraint of the inflatable restraint system has been deployed at least once;
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- at least one tether connected to the deployment door and operatively connected to the vehicle structure to limit rearward movement of the deployment door and retain the deployment door to the vehicle structure after inflation of an inflatable restraint of the inflatable restraint system.
A passenger side inflatable restraint deployment system for an instrument panel of a motor vehicle comprising:
- an inflatable restraint module disposed within an instrument panel and having an inflatable restraint;
- a post deployment door closing a deployment opening in the instrument panel and overlapping edges of the deployment opening after an inflatable restraint has been deployed at least once;
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- at least one tether connected to said deployment door and operatively connected to the instrument panel to limit rearward movement of said deployment door and retain said deployment door to the instrument panel after inflation of said inflatable restraint.
A passenger side inflatable restraint deployment system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- an instrument panel having a deployment opening;
- a side inflatable restraint module disposed within said instrument panel opposite said deployment opening and having an inflatable restraint;
- a post deployment door closing said deployment opening in said instrument panel and overlapping edges of said deployment opening after said inflatable restraint has been deployed at least once;
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- at least one tether connected to said deployment door and operatively connected to said instrument panel to limit rearward movement of said deployment door and retain said deployment door to said instrument panel after inflation of said inflatable restraint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.