David R Mccooey from 28 Madison Ave, Rochester, NH 03867, Phone: 603 330-0563

Release Assembly And Method For Deploying A Supplemental Restraint System
view source
US Patent:

6517101, Feb 11, 2003
Filed:

Aug 6, 1997
Appl. No.:

08/906813
Inventors:

Claude E. Bemis - York ME
Craig Labrie - Dover NH
David McCooey - Dover NH
Gordon Warren - E. Lebanon ME
Assignee:

Textron Automotive Company Inc. - Troy MI
International Classification:

B60R 2120
US Classification:

2807283
Abstract:

An inflatable restraint deployment system includes a simplified hold-down assembly for fastening an air bag door in a tamper-proof closed position. The deployment system includes an air bag door pivotally supported adjacent an air bag deployment opening in an automobile dashboard and two fasteners that releasably secure the door in a closed position over the air bag deployment opening. The fasteners each include an elongated shaft portion that either extends integrally upward from an air bag canister flange or integrally downward from an air bag door substrate. The fasteners are aligned in the direction of door movement. Each fastener shaft portion extends through one of a pair of fastener holes formed either in the air bag door substrate or in the canister flange. A fastener flange extends outward from around the shaft portion of each fastener and engages a rim that defines one of the fastener holes. Each fastener hole defines an area slightly smaller than the cross-sectional area of the thickest portion of each fastener flange.

Construction And Method Of Forming A Door Assembly For An Air System
view source
US Patent:

55493246, Aug 27, 1996
Filed:

Jul 11, 1995
Appl. No.:

8/500596
Inventors:

Craig B. Labrie - Dover NH
David R. McCooey - Dover NH
Claude E. Bemis - York ME
Assignee:

Davidson Textron Inc. - Dover NH
International Classification:

B60R 2116
US Classification:

2807283
Abstract:

A door cover assembly for concealing a supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system of an automotive interior trim component includes a substrate having a door section in which formed depressions are provided to strengthen the door. The depressed regions are filled with a secondary foam insert to level the outer surface of the substrate. A primary foam layer overlies the substrate and is covered by an outer vinyl shell. The leveling of the substrate by the secondary foam insert eliminates "show through" of the depressed regions on the outer Class A surface of the vinyl shell.

Method For Manufacturing An Automotive Interior Trim Component And The Resultant Construction Thereof
view source
US Patent:

60762462, Jun 20, 2000
Filed:

Sep 18, 1998
Appl. No.:

9/156226
Inventors:

David R. McCooey - Dover NH
Assignee:

Textron Automotive Company Inc. - Troy MI
International Classification:

B21D 3500
US Classification:

294695
Abstract:

An automotive interior trim panel has an outer flexible skin that overlies a rigid backing panel formed with a foam entry hole through which foam precursors are poured into a space between the skin and panel and they react and expand to generate a foam layer within the space. Tab projections are carried by the panel and extend into the foam space to at least partially cover the opening and provide rigid backing support for foam expanding in the region of the entry hole to control the density of the foam in this entry hole region such that it conforms more closely with the density of the immediate surrounding foam.

Method For Manufacturing An Automotive Interior Trim Component And The Resultant Construction Thereof
view source
US Patent:

62808168, Aug 28, 2001
Filed:

Feb 10, 2000
Appl. No.:

9/502054
Inventors:

David R. McCooey - Dover NH
Assignee:

Textron Automotive Company Inc. - Troy MI
International Classification:

B32B 310
US Classification:

428 71
Abstract:

An automotive interior trim panel has an outer flexible skin that overlies a rigid backing panel formed with a foam entry hole through which foam precursors are poured into a space between the skin and panel and they react and expand to generate a foam layer within the space. Tab projections are carried by the panel and extend into the foam space to at least partially cover the opening and provide rigid backing support for foam expanding in the region of the entry hole to control the density of the foam in this entry hole region such that it conforms more closely with the density of the immediate surrounding foam.