Vehicle interior component
AssigneeKarma Automotive LLC
InventorsAdelaide Begalli, Andre Franco Luis, Steve Ingram
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Abstract
A vehicle interior component including a patterned padding surface positioned proximate to an occupant of the vehicle. The component includes a substrate layer with a plurality of padding projections and an exterior layer connected to the substrate layer and including a plurality of gaps matching the location of the substrate layer's plurality of padding projections. Each of the plurality of padding projections aligns with one of the plurality of gaps and is exposed above the exterior layer to thereby form a pattern of padding on the surface of the vehicle interior component.
Claims9
A vehicle interior component including a patterned padding surface positioned proximate to an occupant of the vehicle comprising:
- a substrate layer with a plurality of padding projections;
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- an exterior layer connected to the substrate layer and including a plurality of gaps, wherein each of the gaps are aligned with one of the plurality of padding projections and wherein each of the padding projections pass through an opening located in one of the gaps, and wherein each of the padding projections is exposed above the exterior layer to thereby form the patterned padded surface on the vehicle interior component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.