Automotive milled psir scoring with interlaced interfaces
AssigneeIntertec Systems
InventorsGregg S. Evans, Andrew L. Dargavell
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Abstract
An automotive Passenger Side Inflatable Restraint (PSIR) hidden door system contained in an automotive instrument panel and a method of scoring the PSIR door system. The system includes forward and rearward doors hingedly connected at first and second hinges, respectively, to a PSIR airbag chute. The system further includes a common tear line of reduced material thickness integrally joining the forward and rearward doors. The common tear line has a substantially non-linear shape with first and second linear ends.
Claims21
A method of scoring an automotive Passenger Side Inflatable Restraint (PSIR) hidden door system comprising the steps of:
- providing a PSIR door system having a forward door integrally joined to a rearward door via a common tear line, the forward and rearward doors being hingedly connected at first and second hinges, respectively, to a PSIR airbag chute;
- providing a scoring device to score the common tear line joining the forward and rearward doors;
- scoring the common tear line with the scoring device to form a region of reduced thickness having a substantially non-linear design with first and second linear ends;
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- welding the PSIR airbag chute.
An automotive Passenger Side Inflatable Restraint (PSIR) hidden door system contained in an automotive instrument panel comprising:
- forward and rearward doors hingedly connected at first and second hinges, respectively, to a PSIR airbag chute;
- and
- a common tear line of reduced thickness integrally joining the forward and rearward doors, the common tear line including a substantially non-linear shape with first and second linear ends.
An automobile including a generally H-shaped pattern PSIR hidden door system comprising:
- forward and rearward doors hingedly connected at first and second hinges, respectively, to a PSIR airbag chute;
- and
- a common tear line of reduced thickness integrally joining the forward and rearward doors, wherein the common tear line has a substantially non-linear shape with first and second linear ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.