Steven J Erwin

US Patent:

20030209889, Nov 13, 2003

Filed:

Mar 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/401992

Inventors:

Steven Erwin - Port Huron MI, US
Patrick Fonk - Sterling Heights MI, US

Assignee:

Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

International Classification:

B60R021/20

US Classification:

280/728300

Abstract:

An air bag cover for an inflatable air bag system having an elastomeric body with a front surface and a rear surface, the body having a first aperture extending between the front and rear surfaces and a plurality of mounting pins or legs extending from the rear surface and located about the first aperture; and a badge assembly having a badge portion and a mounting rim about the badge portion, the badge portion fitting up through the first aperture from the rear surface, the rim extending under the rear surface proximate the first aperture with the legs disposed in at least some corresponding mounting opening in the rim. A light source within the cover can be provided to illuminate the badge.