Patents by Inventor Julie A. Beusterien

Julie A. Beusterien 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).

  • Method and arrangement for forming an air bag deployment opening in an auto interior trim piece
    Patent number: 4991870
    Abstract: A method and arrangement is disclosed for providing one or more air bag deployment doors in which an explosive containing coating is deposited on the inside of an auto interior trim piece in the pattern of the doors immediately over the air bag receptacle in which the air bag is stored. The coating is comprised of a suspension of explosive material in a carrier which is detonated when the system is activated and the door or doors so formed are pushed open by the inflating air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Tip Engineering Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie A. Beusterien, Richard E. Powell