US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 18 for "Instrument panel topper system for dual horizon display with encapsulated passenger side airbag door" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,090, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Instrument panel topper system for dual horizon display with encapsulated passenger side airbag door" was invented by Yoon Kim (Northville, Mich.), Israel Martinez Martinez (Toluca, Mexico), Alejandro Nieto Gaspar (Toluca, Mexico), Francisco Ronquillo Melendez (Puebla, Mexico) and Thomas Junior Luckett (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument panel for vehicles includes a substrate and a an airbag door assembly having one or more gaps forming openings. The substrate includes a breakaway web below the airbag door assembly. An ...