Nterior equipment of a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same

A method for manufacturing an interior equipment of a vehicle, comprising:

• providing a mold comprising a first mold shell and a second mold shell, which are configured to integrally form a flap component, which closes a passage opening of an airbag, and a hinge section along a side of the flap component;
• placing a support material into the mold in such a way that a first part of the support material comes to rest on a first surface section of the mold, which is configured to form a surface of the flap component, and a second part of the support material comes to rest on a second surface section of the mold, which is configured to form the hinge, wherein the support material includes at least one conductive fiber extending across the support material and connected to terminals of a power source;
• closing the mold;
• introducing plastic material into the closed mold, wherein the first and second parts of the support material are pressed against the first and second surface sections.