Airbag deployment system for a fabric wrapped vehicle interior panel

US9016716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Glenn Cowelchuk · Waterford Township, US
• Nels R. Smith · Holland, US
• Heather R. Springer · West Olive, US
• Mark S. Jurek · Beverly Hills, US
• Ronald A. Bozio · Holland, US
• Sandra L. Smith · Waterford, US
• Jeffrey A. Deyoung · Parker, US
• Tony M. Pokorzynski · Holland, US
• David John McCarthy · Holland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/205
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airbag deployment system is provided that includes a support structure, and a fabric material configured to form a show surface of a vehicle interior panel. A first portion of the fabric material is coupled to the support structure by a rigid connection, a second portion of the fabric material is coupled to the support structure by a detachable connection, and the detachable connection is configured to release the second portion of the fabric material from the support structure upon contact between an airbag and the fabric material.