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
2019-07-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |