Trim panel having integral SIR door cover

Details Trim panel having integral SIR door cover Trim panel having integral SIR door cover

1994-02-25

1995-06-06

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280732, B60R 2116

Patent

active

054216087

ABSTRACT:
A laminated instrument panel has a door cover for concealing a supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system in a vehicle passenger compartment that includes a skin flap that is an integral part of the skin of the instrument panel. The skin flap is cast out of position and collapsed into the correct position when an elastomeric foam layer is foamed in place beneath the cast skin. This forms slanted grooves in the skin at the juncture of the flap and the adjacent skin of the instrument panel that have little or no gap at the surface of the skin. The skin flap can be shaped to provide a flush door or a raised door with an overlapping front edge.

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patent: 5222760 (1993-06-01), Rafferty
patent: 5354095 (1994-10-01), M u/ ller et al.

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