Patents by Inventor Carl R. Sayler

Carl R. Sayler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Air bag cover assembly including a switch fastenable to an air bag housing assembly
    Patent number: 5979933
    Abstract: An air bag cover assembly includes a plastic cover section, a switch section, a backing section and a set of temporary fasteners for fastening the backing section to the cover section to maintain alignment of sets of holes formed in the cover section, the backing section and the fasteners, which aligned holes provide clearance for a set of permanent fasteners used to secure the air bag cover assembly to an air bag housing assembly. The temporary fasteners preferably take the form of a set of annular members which are integrally formed on a rearwardly extending member of the backing section and which provide a snap-in fastening of the rearwardly extending member to a side panel of the cover section. The rearwardly extending member of the backing section is attached to a back plate of the backing section in a living hinge-like fashion to facilitate deployment of an air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Larry J. Winget
    Inventors: Jason T. Murar, Carl R. Sayler