Instrument panel integrally equipped with air bag door portion
US6322101A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R21/2165
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An instrument panel of a division type, which has distinctly divided portions, reduces restrictions on designing freedom resulting from a break line and a parting line of an air bag door portion and prevents the overall quality of the outward appearance from deteriorating. The instrument panel is of a type that is divided into upper and lower panels, and the lower panel is divided into a passenger-side lower panel and a driver-side lower panel. The parting line of the instrument panel coincides with a cleavage line defined by an upper air bag door portion and a lower air bag door portion. In a lower door insert of the lower air bag door portion, a free end thereof is set wider than a fixed end thereof. The passenger-side lower panel including the lower air bag door portion is entirely covered with a single skin.
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