Crash pad for vehicle having integrated airbag door and housing and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorByung Seok Kong
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Abstract
A crash pad for a vehicle having an integrated airbag door and housing may include a main body including a crash pad core, and an airbag housing integrally formed at a center of the crash pad core defining a space for accommodation of an airbag cushion therein, and an airbag door integrally injection-molded with the main body selectively to open and close the space in the airbag housing, the molded airbag door disposed upright in a direction in which the molded airbag door may be discharged from a mold to open the airbag housing.
Claims12
A crash pad for a vehicle having an integrated airbag door and housing, the crash pad comprising:
- a main body including a crash pad core, and an airbag housing integrally formed at a center of the crash pad core defining a space for accommodation of an airbag cushion therein;
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- an airbag door integrally injection-molded with the main body selectively to open and close the space in the airbag housing, the airbag door molded upright in a direction in which the molded airbag door is discharged from a mold to open the airbag housing,
- wherein the airbag door includes a hinge provided on one end of the airbag door for connection with the main body, and
- wherein the hinge includes a first hinge integrally molded with the crash pad core for insertion into the crash pad core, and a second hinge integrally molded with the airbag housing for insertion into the airbag housing.
A method of manufacturing a crash pad for a vehicle having an integrated airbag door and housing, the method comprising:
- a first process of providing a mold, which is used to integrally form a main body including a crash pad core and an airbag housing, with an airbag door via injection molding such that the airbag door is injection-molded upright in a direction in which the airbag door is discharged from the mold so as to open the airbag housing;
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- a second process of simultaneously molding the main body and the airbag door to be integrally formed with each other by introducing a main body resin and an airbag door resin into a main body cavity and an airbag door cavity of the mold, respectively,
- wherein the airbag door includes a hinge provided on one end of the airbag door for connection with the main body, and
- wherein the hinge includes a first hinge integrally molded with the crash pad core for insertion into the crash pad core, and a second hinge integrally molded with the airbag housing for insertion into the airbag housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.