Airbag cover door having a variable length hinge
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsThierry Schupbach, Franck Edeline
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Abstract
A cover door that includes a frame having a wall and an upper aperture extending at the end of the wall, and a lid covering at least one portion of the upper aperture and movable relatively to the frame so as to clear the upper aperture. The lid is attached to the wall through a hinge-forming area. The hinge-forming area has at least one central hinge connecting a central portion of the lid to the frame, and at least one side hinge connecting a side portion of the lid to the frame. The side hinge has a greater length than the length of the central hinge.
Claims10
A cover door for an airbag module, comprising a frame having at least one wall defining a deployment trajectory of the airbag and an upper aperture extending at the end of said wall, and a lid covering at least one portion of the upper aperture and movable relatively to the frame so as to clear the upper aperture and allow deployment of the airbag along the deployment trajectory through the upper aperture, the lid being attached to the wall through a hinge-forming area, the hinge-forming area comprising at least one central hinge connecting a central portion of the lid to the frame, and at least one side hinge connecting a side portion of the lid to the frame, the side hinge having a greater length than the length of the central hinge, characterized in that the central hinge and the side hinge each comprise a frame-joining portion, a deployment portion and a lid-joining portion, the length of the frame-joining portion of the side hinge being greater than the length of the frame-joining portion of the central hinge.
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