Trim part for a vehicle interior
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsMatthias WUNDERLICH, Arya BHATTACHARYA, Richard LUIJKX
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Abstract
A trim part for a vehicle interior, in particular a visible side decorative strip or panel, with a brittle visible side cover layer that is susceptible to breaking in the event of a crash, in particular in the event of a head impact, such as a wood veneer or a carbon layer, which is injection-molded with a plastic carrier layer, said trim part being loaded in the event of a crash to deflection to breakage of the component. According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to increase the breaking strength in the event of a crash, a fabric layer made from a textile material is integrated in the layer structure of the trim part.
Claims20
A trim part for a vehicle interior, comprising:
- a decorative strip or panel, with a visible side cover layer, that is susceptible to breaking in the event of a crash, such as a wood veneer or a carbon layer, which is injection-molded with a plastic carrier layer, said trim part being loaded in the event of a crash to deflection to breakage of the component, wherein in order to increase the breaking strength in the event of a crash a fabric layer made from a textile material is integrated in the layer structure of the trim part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.