Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Hier

Michael Joseph Hier 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).

  • Slide attachment for air bag canister to instrument panel
    Publication number: 20040041370
    Abstract: An instrument panel comprising an instrument panel body having an under surface. The under surface has a tear seam to facilitate deployment of an air bag. The instrument panel also includes brackets comprising one of a plurality of axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots. The air bag module includes a plurality of the other of the axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots sized to be received in one of the plurality of axially spaced sections or axially spaced slots spaced sections. The air bag module is attached to the instrument panel by inserting one of the axially spaced sections or axially spaced sections into the other of the axially spaced sections or the axially spaced slots in the bracket and sliding the air bag module relative to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Hier, Joseph J. Davis