Airbag tear seam
AssigneeFaurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
InventorsPrashant Rashinkar, Ashish Bhise, Sangamesh Adaki, Rahul Mat, Satish Rapelli, Gautam Kamble
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Abstract
A vehicle interior panel is configured to split along a tear seam during airbag deployment. The tear seam has an unconventional shape with one or more segments forming an oblique angle with other segments. The tear seam shape is useful to further enhance the safety of vehicle passengers and to provide unobstructed pivoting of one or more airbag doors formed during airbag deployment. The panel can also be structured to ensure that the airbag forces used to split the tear seam are properly directed to enhance tear seam function.
Claims20
A vehicle interior panel comprising a tear seam along which the panel is configured to split during airbag deployment, the tear seam comprising:
- a first segment;
- a second segment parallel with the first segment;
- a third segment extending away from a point on the first segment in a first direction that forms a first angle with the first segment;
- and
- a fourth segment extending away from a point on the second segment in a second direction that forms a second angle with the second segment,
- wherein the second angle is different from the first angle,
- wherein the first direction intersects the second segment, and
- wherein the second direction intersects the first segment.
A vehicle interior panel comprising a tear seam along which the panel is configured to split during airbag deployment, wherein a door is formed from the panel when the panel splits and the door pivots about a hinge,
- the tear seam comprising:
- a first segment;
- a second segment parallel with the first segment;
- a third segment extending from the first segment toward the second segment and forming a first angle with the first segment,
- wherein the third segment is parallel with the hinge;
- and
- a fourth segment extending from the second segment toward the first segment and forming a second angle with the second segment,
- wherein the second angle is different from the first angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.