Patents by Inventor Kurt Albert Weiss

Kurt Albert Weiss 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).

  • Instrument panel system with hidden airbag door
    Patent number: 6896310
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a thermoplastic base substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a door portion defined by a tear seam notch in the first surface of the base substrate. The tear seam notch defines a periphery of the door portion. The instrument panel also includes at least one hinge portion defined by a plurality of tear seam notches in the first surface of the base substrate. Each hinge portion interrupts the door portion tear seam notch so that the door portion tear seam notch is not continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Adam Kenneth Trappe, Ronald King, Jessie A. Goyette, Kurt Albert Weiss