Apparatus for aiding in the opening of an integral deployment do

Details Apparatus for aiding in the opening of an integral deployment do Apparatus for aiding in the opening of an integral deployment do

1995-10-23

1997-05-20

Culbreth, Eric D.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280732, B60R 2116

Patent

active

056306130

ABSTRACT:
An integral deployment door in a panel of an airbag assembly which covers and conceals an airbag module. The molded panel having a front surface layer, a foam core, and a rear surface substrate has notches therein in alignment with the proposed tear region or sides of the deployment door. Tabs are provided which extend upwardly into the foam core along the sides of said deployment door and in alignment with the notches. The notches and tab construction weaken the tear region and concentrates the stresses along the sides of the deployment door to reduce the force required to open the deployment door and to reduce the fragmentation of the foam core due to the separation of the door from the rest of the panel.

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