Tear seam pattern for vehicle instrument panel
OwnerMathew L. Nassoiy, Janice L. Woolleyinventors
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Abstract
An instrument panel for a vehicle includes an air bag positioned for deployment through an instrument panel member. The instrument panel member has a tear seam formed therein to facilitate such deployment. The tear seam is configured to define four separate pivotable deployment panels in the instrument panel member. Each deployment panel is pivotable in a direction away from the air bag as it deploys.
Claims19
An instrument panel for a vehicle having an air bag positioned for deployment through an instrument panel member, the instrument panel member having a tear seam formed therein to facilitate such deployment, the vehicle instrument panel comprising:
- the tear seam being configured to define four separate pivotable deployment panels in the instrument panel member, each such panel being pivotable in a direction away from the air bag as it deploys.
A vehicle instrument panel member having a tear seam formed therein to facilitate deployment of an air bag through the instrument panel member, the vehicle instrument panel member comprising:
- four separate pivotable deployment panels defined by the tear seam for pivotal movement in four separate directions, respectively, away from each other during deployment of the air bag.
A vehicle instrument panel member having a tear seam formed therein to facilitate deployment of an air bag through the instrument panel member, the vehicle instrument panel member comprising:
- four separate pivotable deployment panels defined by the tear seam for pivotal movement in four separate directions, respectively, away from each other during deployment of the air bag;
- wherein two of said four pivotable deployment panels are cross-car deployment panels which are positioned to pivot in first and second opposite directions extending along the length of the vehicle instrument panel member.
A tear seam pattern for a vehicle instrument panel member comprising:
- a straight first portion having first and second ends;
- second and third straight, parallel portions intersecting said first and second ends, respectively, each of said second and third straight, parallel portions being perpendicular to said first portion, and each having two distal ends;
- fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh straight, parallel portions each intersecting a distal end of one of said second and third straight, parallel portions, each of said fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh straight, parallel portions being parallel with the said first portion, wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh portions form four separate pivotable deployment panels in the instrument panel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.