Closure for vehicle trim

Details Closure for vehicle trim Closure for vehicle trim

1992-01-07

1992-10-27

Marmor, Charles A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

B60R 2116

Patent

active

051583224

ABSTRACT:
Described is a closure capable of opening by expansion of an occupant restraint cushion in a recessed area of an interior vehicle trim comprising a first molded layer comprised of a mixture of a polypropylene composition and a thermoplastic elastomer composition; a second layer integrally molded with and on one side of the first layer covering the recess for the restraint cushion and comprised of a mixture of a polypropylene and a thermoplastic elastomer. The first layer has a frangible reduced thickness area on the opposite side of the second layer which area breaks upon exit of the restraint cushion within the closure. The second layer has a Shore A hardness and is softer than the first layer and is capable of bending upon exiting of the bag in a bending or compressing area near the frangible reduced thickness area of the first layer.

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