Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2009-06-24
2011-10-04
Ilan, Ruth (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S728200, C280S732000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08029015
ABSTRACT:
An airbag cover and an airbag apparatus are provided which achieve cost reduction by integrally molding an instrument panel and an inner case as well as ensure the rigidity of the instrument panel without degrading the aesthetically pleasing of the instrument panel. An airbag cover according to one form of the present invention is an airbag cover that is formed by integrally molding a plate-like portion constituting a vehicle interior surface and an inner case that is disposed on the back face of the plate-like portion and constitutes an airbag inflation and deployment path, wherein the plate-like portion constitutes part of the instrument panel disposed in front of an occupant, and the inner case is formed in a position in front of an occupant in a passenger seat, and the side close to a driver's seat of the plate-like portion is formed so as to be disposed in the back of a convex portion formed in the middle of the instrument panel, into which onboard equipment is set.
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English James
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Ilan Ruth
Takata Corporation
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