US 9,895,828 B2 · Vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and manufacturing method

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and a method of fabricating a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate with an opening, a chute channel assembly inserted into the opening, a surface skin, and a foam layer disposed between the surface skin and the substrate. The chute channel assembly includes a wall section surrounding a chute channel for the airbag and a cover plate covering the chute channel and closing the opening. The cover plate includes an airbag door, wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is in contact with the foam layer. The outer surface of the cover plate has a rough surface structure, the outer surface having a surface roughness parameter Ra of at least 4 μm.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag, comprising:

a substrate with an opening;
a chute channel assembly inserted into the opening;
a surface skin;
and
a foam layer disposed between the surface skin and the substrate,
wherein the chute channel assembly comprises a wall section surrounding a chute channel for the airbag and a cover plate covering the chute channel and closing the opening, the cover plate comprising an airbag door, wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is in direct contact with the foam layer, characterized in that the outer surface of the cover plate has a rough surface structure that covers all of an outer surface of the airbag door, the outer surface of the cover plate having a surface roughness parameter Ra of at least 4 μm.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/152,188Filed 11 May 2016

Priority

DE 10 2015 208 82312 May 2015

Published

US 2016/0332590 A117 Nov 2016

Granted

20 Feb 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification25 codes

B29C 33/3842
Characterised by the material or the manufacturing process: manufacturing moulds, e.g. shaping the mould surface by machining
B29C 44/12
For articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles: incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or reinforcements
B29C 44/1257
Incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or reinforcements: joining a preformed part and a lining, e.g. around the edges
B29C 45/1657
Making multilayered or multicoloured articles: using means for adhering or bonding the layers or parts to each other

Vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and manufacturing method

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Vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and manufacturing method

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Abstract

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