Patents by Inventor Steven Madge

Steven Madge 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).

  • Internal cladding member
    Patent number: 5641177
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal cladding member, more particularly a motor vehicle dashboard comprising a support which is lined with a foil coated with cellular material and which has for the emergence of an airbag on its release a flap integral with the support and covered by the foil, which has an impressed groove along the edges of the flap. The characterizing feature of the invention is that the joint separating the flap from the support over a portion of its periphery is narrower than 1.5 mm and the foil is weakened in the zone of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Deutsche Fibrit Gesellschaft Ebers & Dr. Muller mbH
    Inventors: Matthias Berg, Hartmut Harnisch, Steven Madge, Werner Reinhardt
  • Dashboard having an integral air bag discharge channel
    Patent number: 5580081
    Abstract: A motor vehicle dashboard has a cutaway portion on the passenger's side, into which a hinged flap is inserted. Connected to the underside of the dashboard is a reinforcing half-shell with a discharge channel for an air bag. The characterizing feature of the invention is that the discharge channel forms an integral structural component with the reinforcing half-shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Fibrit Gesellschaft Ebers & Dr. Muller mbH
    Inventors: Matthias Berg, Hartmut Harnisch, Steven Madge, Werner Reinhardt