An airbag cover assembly including layered, decorative cover pieces held together at a decorative seam is provided. The assembly includes a plastic structural carrier having a tear seam and a pair of leather cover pieces overlying the outer surface of the carrier to form a covered front panel and at least one covered deployment door configured to enclose a non-inflated airbag. The tear seam forms a substantially weakened area of the carrier adjacent the at least one door. Apposed peripheral edges of the cover pieces are folded under and are adjacent one another to form the decorative seam which is adjacent to and aligned with the structurally weakened area. Stitches hold the cover pieces together at the decorative seam. The stitches burst in a controlled fashion during high-pressure impact during airbag deployment through the weakened area and through the decorative seam at the folded-under edges of the cover pieces.


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    Title :

    Airbag cover assembly including layered, decorative cover pieces held together at a decorative seam


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    Publication date :

    2016-03-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR



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