Interior trim part for covering an airbag

US7611163B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gordon Schweizer · Rheinzabern, DE
• Lars Melde · Braunschweig, DE
• Wolfram Buhler · Hermaringen, DE
• Thomas Jahn · Bruchsal, DE
• Jurgen Zimmerle · Vorholz, DE
• Klaus Bamberg · Zuchwil, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B32B27/40
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Described is an interior trim part for covering an airbag, which may include a two-dimensional carrier, a surface decor and a foamed intermediate layer. A through-opening for the airbag is recessed in the carrier, and an inlay covering the through-opening is applied into the intermediate layer, such that the inlay projects beyond an edge of the through-opening on one side and there, in an overlapping region of the inlay and of the carrier, serves as a hinge for an airbag flap formed by the surface decor and the intermediate layer with the inlay. Furthermore, with a folding open of the airbag flap, an energy amount which is dependent on the intensity of an opening impact of the airbag, may be absorbed by way of a release of the intermediate layer with the inlay from the carrier, away from the edge in the overlapping region.