Methods of making interior panels having integrated airbag deployment doors for motor vehicles
AssigneeFaurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Twork, Kenneth Raymond Jones
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Abstract
Methods of making interior panels having integrated airbag deployment doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a method of making an interior panel comprises contacting a molten resin in a molding tool cavity with a plurality of juxtaposed pressurized gas streams to form a series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof in the molten resin. The molten resin is solidified to form a substrate. The series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof define a frangible tear seam in the substrate.
Claims13
A method of making an interior panel having an integrated airbag deployment door for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- contacting a molten resin in a molding tool cavity with a plurality of juxtaposed pressurized gas streams to form a series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof in the molten resin;
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- solidifying the molten resin to form a substrate, wherein the series of holes, bubbles, knit lines, or combinations thereof define a frangible tear seam in the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.