A vehicle interior trim panel 101, the panel comprising a tear-open airbag deployment region (103, see fig. 1) formed from a plurality of sections 105a, 105b that cooperate to cover an airbag in an installed configuration, the sections being joined by a tear seam 107, the panel further comprising at least one support feature 113 that extends at least partially across the tear seam, wherein the support feature comprises a thinned portion at, or near to, a centre line of the tear seam. The support feature may project from an airbag facing side of the panel when installed, be integrally formed or project from a base of a channel. The support feature may also be thinned in a direction parallel to the direction in which the tear seam extends and may provide stiffness to the panel in the region of the tear seam.
Vehicle trim panel
31.07.2019
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |