Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles and methods for making such interior panels are provided herein. In one example, a method of making an interior panel comprises the steps of welding one or more first weld features of a perimeter flange of an airbag chute-door assembly to a substrate to attach the perimeter flange to the substrate. The one or more first weld features are elongated extending in a first direction. One or more second weld features of a perimeter flange section bracket are welded to the substrate to attach the airbag chute-door assembly to the substrate. The one or more second weld features are elongated extending in a second direction that is generally transverse to the first direction.
Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles and methods for making the same
2016-01-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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