Abstract: A vehicle seat equipped with a side airbag apparatus and method thereof that even if a pad side face portion and pad rear face portion of a seatback pad are disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side and vehicle rearward side of a side frame at a side opposing a vehicle body side portion, improve assembly operations. The webbing sewn into a loop shape along a cover cleaving portion, and the airbag module is inserted into the webbing. An opening portion formed between front face and side face portions of a side pad portion of the seatback pad, and the airbag module and webbing are inserted through the opening portion. The side face and rear face portions connecting to one another by a reduced thickness portion. Accordingly, the rear face portion may turn about the reduced thickness portion and a nut may fasten from the vehicle rearward side.

Abstract: A tear preventer (2, 3) is provided on a side air cushion outlet seam (4) of a vehicle seat covering (5) for a vehicle seat (1). In each case a fabric tube (16) is arranged on an inner side of the vehicle seat covering(s) on the two seam ends of the side air cushion outlet seam (4) and is connected in a materially joined and/or frictionally locking fashion to the vehicle seat cover (5). Furthermore, a vehicle seat cover (5) is provided having a tear preventer (2, 3) on a side air cushion outlet seam (4).

Abstract: A plastic cover element (10) for a driver airbag module having a side wall (22) extending from a lower end (22a) to an upper end (22b), enclosing an interior space. The upper end (22b) is covered by an overlap (30) which extends in a radial direction across the side wall (22) and in an axial direction back toward the lower end (22a) of the side wall (22), forming a screen section (32) extending generally parallel to the side wall. The outside surface of the overlap has at least one groove (40) to receive the sewn edge of a casing. An axial section (44) of the groove (40) extends into the lower end area of the screen section (32) and in the area of this axial section (44) and at least one reinforcing rib extends parallel to it between the screen section (32) and the side wall (22).

Abstract: A trim assembly for covering an airbag, comprising: a carrier provided with a through-opening for the airbag; a surface decor; an inlay applied between the carrier and the surface decor and covering the through-opening, the inlay extending, on one side, beyond an edge of the through-opening to overlap a region of the carrier to form an hinge for an airbag flap formed by the surface decor and the inlay; and a fastening strap for fastening the inlay to the carrier at the overlapping region, wherein it comprises at least one retaining element arranged at the overlapping region, the retaining element cooperating with the inlay for retaining the airbag flap on the carrier upon an opening of the airbag flap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle pedestrian protection airbag arrangement (7) comprising an airbag (9), a housing (8), an inflating device (10) and a lid (11), the airbag (9) being arranged to be inflated by the inflating device (10) in the case of a collision with a pedestrian when the airbag arrangement (7) is mounted in a vehicle (1). The lid (11) has a first side (11a), facing away from the housing (8) and a second side (11b), facing the housing (8) when the lid (11) is mounted against the housing (8). The housing has a front wall and a rear wall, in which housing the airbag is stored before inflation. The airbag arrangement (7) further comprises at least one attachment means (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) running between the lid (11) and at least one other part (8, 9) comprised in the airbag arrangement (7). When the airbag (9) is inflated, it is at least partly positioned between the lid (11) and the housing (8).

Abstract: An airbag cover includes a ceiling wall portion provided on a steering wheel, and covered an airbag. The ceiling wall portion has an attaching door portion and a non-attaching door portion opened to the left and the right, causing a predetermined fracture portion to facture by the inflating airbag. The attaching door portion has an ornament retained on an attaching seat. In the predetermined fracture portion, the common portion positioned at the center of the right and left door portions has a bypass portion on the circumference of the attaching seat. The attaching door portion is slightly opened toward the rear.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seatback with a seatback frame having a first frame member with forward and rearward edges relative to the seatback being in an upright orientation. An airbag is positioned along an outboard lateral side of the first frame member and is deployable from a stowed orientation to a deployed orientation from the outboard lateral side of the first frame member such that in the deployed orientation at least a portion of the airbag is located forward of the forward edge of the first frame member. A guide member is non-movably coupled to the first frame member. The guide member deflects a portion of an occupant of the vehicle seat assembly toward the airbag forward of the forward edge of the first frame member with the airbag in the deployed orientation in response to a lateral impact event.

Abstract: A cover door that includes a frame having a wall and an upper aperture extending at the end of the wall, and a lid covering at least one portion of the upper aperture and movable relatively to the frame so as to clear the upper aperture. The lid is attached to the wall through a hinge-forming area. The hinge-forming area has at least one central hinge connecting a central portion of the lid to the frame, and at least one side hinge connecting a side portion of the lid to the frame. The side hinge has a greater length than the length of the central hinge.

Abstract: A housing for an airbag module includes an extrusion incorporating a body portion and a cover extruded integrally with the body portion so as to form a single monolithic unit.

Abstract: A process to manufacture a vehicle interior trim with an airbag cover, the process including: obtaining an interior trim part; and creating a weakening line around at least a part of a defined area of said interior trim part, said defined area being the airbag cover, characterized in that the weakening line is created by milling along the weakening line a number of holes, the holes being milled by a milling machine having a milling tool and a stitching axis for moving the milling tool substantially perpendicularly to a zone of the trim part to be milled.

Abstract: An interior paneling component for motor vehicles is disclosed which includes a structural part with a deployment channel for a covering for an airbag, which upon deployment is expelled in a deployment direction through the deployment channel from the interior paneling component. The airbag covering is at least in part reinforced with an insert made from a thermoplastic material. The insert and the structural part are at least partially made from thermoplastic material in the same family plastics. The invention also refers to a method of producing such an interior paneling component.

Abstract: An interior paneling component for motor vehicles is disclosed which includes a structural part with a deployment channel for a covering for an airbag, which upon deployment is expelled in a deployment direction through the deployment channel from the interior paneling component. The airbag covering is at least in part reinforced with an insert made from a thermoplastic material. The insert and the structural part are at least partially made from thermoplastic material in the same family plastics. The invention also refers to a method of producing such an interior paneling component.

Abstract: Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, an interior panel comprises a substrate having outer and inner surfaces and an opening extending therethrough. An airbag chute-door assembly is mounted to the substrate and comprises a chute wall that at least partially surrounds an interior space. The chute wall is configured for stowing an airbag module. The chute wall defines an expansion feature that facilitates moving sections of the chute wall for assembling the airbag module to the chute wall. A door flap portion is pivotally connected to the chute wall and at least partially covers the opening. A perimeter flange extends from the chute wall and has a flange section that overlies the outer surface of the substrate. A skin covering extends over the substrate and a foam is disposed between the skin covering and the substrate.

Abstract: A device for assembling an airbag cover according to the present invention includes: a mounting plate; and an airbag cover which covers the mounting plate, in which a hook portion is formed on the airbag cover, a fastening unit into which the hook portion is inserted, and an insertion member, which pushes the hook portion toward the fastening unit after the hook portion is inserted into the fastening unit, are formed on the mounting plate, and as a result, the airbag cover may be securely assembled to the mounting plate.

Abstract: A trim assembly covering an airbag in a vehicle. The trim assembly includes a trim panel having an A-side surface and a C-side surface opposite of the A-side surface. Portions of the trim panel define an aperture through which a trim component is mounted, including a bezel and a backplate, with the bezel engaging the A-side surface of the trim panel, generally about the aperture. A backplate of the trim component includes a central portion and a flange extending from the central portion in surface-to-surface engagement with the C-side surface of the trim panel. The flange includes a plurality of projections formed on its surface so as to penetrate into the trim panel through the C-side surface. During activation of the airbag, the trim panel is displaced to permit deployment of the airbag, and the projections operate to retain the trim component in engagement with the trim panel.

Abstract: Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles and methods for making such interior panels are provided herein. In one example, an interior panel comprises a substrate having outer and inner surfaces and an opening extending therethrough. A multi-shot injection molded airbag chute-door assembly is mounted to the substrate and comprises a chute wall that at least partially surrounds an interior space. A door flap portion is pivotally connected to the chute wall and at least partially covers the opening. A perimeter flange extends from the chute wall and has a flange section that overlies the outer surface of the substrate. A molded-in lip feature extends from the flange section and contacts the outer surface to form a seal between the flange section and the substrate. A skin covering extends over the substrate and a foam is disposed between the skin covering and the substrate.

Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.

Abstract: A deployment guiding cloth is wound from an outside in the vehicle width direction, on an outer peripheral portion of a folded side airbag. This deployment guiding cloth extends toward a vehicle front side and is interposed between the side airbag that is partially deployed and a vehicle cabin side portion (a center pillar garnish and a door trim) before the side airbag is fully deployed.

Abstract: An instrument panel has a base member and a cover member, which is adhered to the top surface of the base member. A first cleavage groove serving as a start point of rupture of the base member caused by inflation pressure of an airbag is formed in the back surface of the base member. The cover member is configured by a ground fabric layer, a cover layer adhered to the top surface of the ground fabric layer, and a cushion layer adhered to the back surface of the ground fabric layer. The cushion layer is formed of a knitted original fabric. A second cleavage groove is formed only in the back surface of the cushion layer out of the layers configuring the cover member in correspondence with the first cleavage groove of the base member.

Abstract: A vehicular airbag includes an airbag cushion, a cushion cover, and a flap. The cushion cover surrounds the airbag cushion. The flap is disposed between the airbag cushion and the cushion cover. The flap includes end portions joined to the cushion cover.

Abstract: In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame, a seat pad, a trim cover extending over at least part of the seat pad with the cover having a release seam, and an air bag assembly including an inflator and an air bag. In accordance with an embodiment, the air bag assembly includes an air bag guide associating the air bag assembly with the release seam, the air bag guide comprising a panel having an intermediate portion that wraps around the air bag assembly, a first end secured to the trim cover on a first side of the release seam and a second end secured to the trim cover on the first side of the release seam spaced a predetermined distance from the first end, the first end having a first width, the second end having a second width and the intermediate portion having a third width, with the sum of the first and second widths being equal to or greater than the third width.

Abstract: First support portions 71 and 72 positioned on a predetermined straight line L2 approximately perpendicular to a broken line of a hinge portion is set in a support portion 70 that supports a back plate 27 with respect to a back face side of a door portion 36. Second and third support portions 73 and 74 positioned in line symmetry with respect to the straight line L2, are set in the support portion 70. It is possible to receive the centrifugal force, which is applied to the back plate 27 due to the expansion of the door portion 36, with good balance by the first to third support portions 71, 72, 73, and 74. An emblem 24 can be reliably fixed to the door portion 36 with preventing a fixing pin 31 from being excessively locked into a through hole 33 more than necessary.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment includes: an airbag housing which accommodates an airbag; and an airbag cover which is coupled to the airbag housing while covering the airbag accommodated in the airbag housing, and has a tear line that is torn by expansive force of the airbag, in which the airbag cover is opened while being rotated about a portion between both ends of the tear line as a rotation center when the tear line is torn, and first notch portions, which are cut out in a direction in which the first notch portions cross both ends of the tear line, are formed at both ends of the tear line, respectively, thereby allowing the airbag to be deployed in accordance with design intention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interior trim component for a motor vehicle, in particular a dashboard, adapted for covering an airbag. The trim component is adapted to break along a main weakening line during deployment of the airbag, said trim component comprising an inside area relative to the main weakening line which defines a flap intended to extend over the airbag. The trim component comprises a notched element comprising a plurality of disjoint notches following one another along the main weakening line and having a generally concave shape relative to the inside area.

Abstract: Safety device for vehicle, adapted to be arranged facing an airbag, comprising a chute channel delimiting a recess adapted to receive the airbag, said chute channel being formed by a reinforcing member, a first flap, and a first net. The first lap and a first reinforcing portion are overmolded onto the first net, which defines a hinge allowing the first flap to move relative to the first reinforcing portion. The device further comprises a second reinforcing portion overmolded onto the first net, and said first net defines a second hinge allowing the first reinforcing portion to pivot relative to the second reinforcing portion so that the first reinforcing portion is folded back onto the second reinforcing portion to form a transverse wall of the chute channel. Method for manufacturing such a safety device.

Abstract: Airbag inflator system includes an inflatable airbag, e.g., a side curtain airbag, a housing, a gas generating system arranged apart from the housing for generating gas, and a conduit leading from the gas generating system to the housing to provide gas to the housing, e.g., to a lateral end of the housing. A filter may be arranged between the gas generating system and the housing, possibly in the conduit. A nozzle may be arranged between the gas generating system and an interior of the airbag, which nozzle is varied as a function of temperature. The housing may be movably arranged relative to a fixed base and mounted to vary its relation to the base as a function of temperature, e.g., via elastic or deformable supports which support the housing on the base.

Abstract: A conveyance seat has a cushion body, at least a portion of which is formed using foam material, and an airbag apparatus having an airbag that is deployed according to a predetermined condition. At least a portion of the airbag apparatus is covered by the cushion body. A door portion is formed on the cushion body, and an opening through which the airbag is able to pass is formed, without tearing the cushion body, by the door portion opening.

Abstract: An airbag deployment system is provided that includes a support structure, and a fabric material configured to form a show surface of a vehicle interior panel. A first portion of the fabric material is coupled to the support structure by a rigid connection, a second portion of the fabric material is coupled to the support structure by a detachable connection, and the detachable connection is configured to release the second portion of the fabric material from the support structure upon contact between an airbag and the fabric material.

Abstract: An airbag unit for a motor vehicle safety device includes an inflatable airbag formed of flexible material and provided in a rolled and/or folded package. The package is held under compression by a cover which extends around at least part of the package. The cover is formed from a ductile fabric material including polymeric fibres, at least some of the fibres fused to one another to impart a predetermined stable shape to the unit. A method of packaging the airbag includes providing an inflatable airbag formed of flexible sheet material; rolling and/or folding the airbag and at least partially wrapping it with an initially flexible cover to form an intermediate package, the cover formed from a ductile fabric material including polymeric fibres; simultaneously heating and pressing the intermediate package to form a compressed package in which at least some of the fibres are fused to one another, the compressed package having a stable shape defined by the fused fibres.

Abstract: Multi-piece constructions for an illuminated emblem assembly for connection to an airbag cover are provided herein. An airbag assembly can include an airbag cover, an emblem portion having one or more translucent areas and an illumination source. The illumination source can include a light guide and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) for illuminating the light guide. The light guide can include an illuminated portion for transmitting light emitted from the one or more LEDs. The emblem portion can be arranged between the airbag cover and the illumination source, and the emblem portion and the illumination source can be aligned such that at least one of the one or more translucent areas is illuminated by light passing through the emblem portion from the illuminated portion.

Abstract: Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles and methods for making such interior panels are provided herein. In one example, a method of making an interior panel comprises the steps of welding one or more first weld features of a perimeter flange of an airbag chute-door assembly to a substrate to attach the perimeter flange to the substrate. The one or more first weld features are elongated extending in a first direction. One or more second weld features of a perimeter flange section bracket are welded to the substrate to attach the airbag chute-door assembly to the substrate. The one or more second weld features are elongated extending in a second direction that is generally transverse to the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a safety device for a vehicle arranged facing an airbag and comprising: a chute channel defining a housing for receiving the airbag and delimiting a deployment opening; a flap covering the opening of the chute channel in the non-inflated state of the airbag; a flexible net retaining the flap relative to the chute channel during the deployment of said airbag, comprising metal wires, extending in a main direction, from a first portion embedded in a fastening member of the flap to the chute channel, to a second portion embedded in the flap and comprising an articulation portion located between said first and second portions; and wherein the articulation portion of the net has a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge devoid of an exposed free end of metal wire.

Abstract: A method of making a vehicle interior panel substrate with a reduced thickness portion along a boundary of an airbag door includes molding the substrate using a substrate mold that includes a movable mold member. The movable mold member is part of a mold section and moves with respect to other portions of the mold section during the molding process to form the reduced thickness portion, which may include a hinge or a tear seam. The mold member moves after plastic material is introduced into the mold cavity. The plastic material is allowed to expand when substrate mold sections are moved away from each other. Plastic material expansion may be part of a structural gas injection (SGI) process. A scrim material or other hinge reinforcement may be molded into the substrate.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprises a vehicle seat comprising a rigid frame, one or more resilient portions and a covering material, wherein an openable deployment seam is provided at a portion of the covering material, and wherein the vehicle seat defines a recess. An airbag module is provided within the recess and comprises a housing, an airbag and an inflator system. Also provided is gripping means which is movable between a first position and a second position in which the portion of the covering material is restrained to assist deployment of the airbag through the deployment seam.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) helps to protect an occupant (13) of a vehicle (12) that has a roof (18), a side structure (16), and a trim piece (310) overlying the side structure (16). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable curtain (14) that is inflatable away from the vehicle roof (18) to a position adjacent the side structure (16) of the vehicle (12). A deployment ramp (200) includes a mounting member (202) that helps to support the inflatable curtain (14) in a stored condition. A deployment member (220) helps to direct the inflatable curtain (14) to deploy inboard of the trim piece (310). A co-extruded joint interconnects the mounting member (202) and the deployment member (220).

Abstract: A knee protection airbag apparatus includes an airbag and a front panel. The front panel includes a lower panel portion and an upper panel portion. When the airbag inflates, the airbag causes the upper panel portion to move to the front, and deploys in a space on a rear surface-side of the moving upper panel portion. The upper panel portion includes a general portion of an upper portion and a ceiling wall portion of a lower portion. The lower panel portion is separate from the upper panel portion, and covers a rear side of the folded airbag. The upper panel portion includes a pressure receiving portion facing the folded airbag. The upper panel portion has the vicinity of the fixation portion of the general portion as a bending deformation portion that bends when the upper panel portion moves to the front along with the inflation of the airbag.

Abstract: An airbag cover includes a ceiling wall portion provided on a steering wheel, and covered an airbag. The ceiling wall portion has an attaching door portion and a non-attaching door portion opened to the left and the right, causing a predetermined fracture portion to facture by the inflating airbag. The attaching door portion has an ornament retained on an attaching seat. In the predetermined fracture portion, the common portion positioned at the center of the right and left door portions has a bypass portion on the circumference of the attaching seat. The attaching door portion is slightly opened toward the rear.

Abstract: A pre-weakened cover of an airbag module is provided including a layer having an outer show surface and an opposing inner surface. A plurality of first cuts is arranged at a first angle on the inner surface. A plurality of second cuts is arranged at a second angle on the inner surface. Each of the second cuts intersects two adjacent first cuts to form a generally V-shaped pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim part, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a base component, a decorative layer made of leather or a leather-like material, and a spacing layer between the base component and the decorative layer, the spacing layer being made of a material that is softer than the material of the base component. The base component, the decorative layer and the spacing layer each have a localized area of weakened material, which allows the interior trim part to break away in a controlled manner when a predefined amount of force is applied to the base component, wherein, at least in the area of weakened material, an intermediate layer lies between the decorative layer and the spacing layer, which intermediate layer does not have a localized weakened area. The invention further provides a method for producing the interior trim part.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device includes: a vehicle seat belt device containing a seat belt configured to restrain a occupant seating on a vehicle seat; an airbag which is provided on the seat belt in a folded state and in which the inside of an upper bag portion for restraining a head communicates with the inside of a lower bag portion for restraining a chest and an abdomen via a communicating portion; and an inflator which supplies gas into the lower bag portion when activated.

Abstract: An airbag unit includes an airbag, a cover part which covers the airbag, a fitting member which is fitted on a front side of the cover part, and a fastening member which fastens the fitting member on a back side of the cover part. The fastening member includes a first fastening part which is inserted from a side into a first locking part provided on the fitting member, in a state in which the first locking part penetrates the cover part to a back side of the cover part, a second fastening part which is inserted from the side into a second locking part provided on the fitting member, in a state in which the second locking part penetrates the cover part to the back side of the cover part, and a connecting part which connects a base end part of the first fastening part and a base end part of the second fastening part, and external shapes of the first fastening part and the second fastening part are mutually different.

Abstract: A vehicle interior trim panel includes a main portion, a first side portion and a second side portion. The main portion includes a grip assist handle. The first side portion extends along a first side of the main portion. The second side portion extends along a second side of the main portion. The first side portion includes a hinged attachment section configured to attach to a first region of a vehicle body structure. The second side portion includes an attachment section configured to releasably attach to a second region of the A-pillar structure. The first side portion, the second side portion, the main portion and the grip assist handle are integrally formed as a single, one-piece, unitary, monolithic structure.

Abstract: A lining part for mounting on a vehicle body part with an airbag module, wherein the lining part includes a support part, fabric part, and protection layer. The support part has a base body with an airbag depolyment opening therein. The base body includes a deployment channel wall extending from a first edge region to a second edge region. The fabric part includes a cover section extends partially over the deployment opening leaving an opening strip free up to a distance to the second edge region. The protective layer covers the deployment opening and is situated on a first surface of the fabric part.

Abstract: A panel having a deployable cover for an airbag module is provided. The panel having: an outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface opposite the show surface; a tear seam formed in the outer layer, the tear seam defined by a plurality of holes formed in the outer layer extending from the inner surface towards the show surface, wherein a residual wall thickness of the outer layer is located between each of the plurality of holes and the show surface, wherein the outer layer includes at least one filler material, that exhibits an absorbance of a wavenumber of a laser used to form the plurality of holes.

Abstract: An air belt device includes a shoulder belt section that is worn from a shoulder on one side in a seat width direction to a lumbar on another side in the seat width direction of a passenger, who is seated on a seat. The shoulder belt section includes an inflation section that is inflated by a supply of gas and in which a portion on a head side of the passenger with respect to a center section in a width direction of the shoulder belt section is deployed to be larger than a portion on an opposite side from the head side.

Abstract: A tear preventer (2, 3) is provided on a side air cushion outlet seam (4) of a vehicle seat covering (5) for a vehicle seat (1). In each case a fabric tube (16) is arranged on an inner side of the vehicle seat covering(s) on the two seam ends of the side air cushion outlet seam (4) and is connected in a materially joined and/or frictionally locking fashion to the vehicle seat cover (5). Furthermore, a vehicle seat cover (5) is provided having a tear preventer (2, 3) on a side air cushion outlet seam (4).

Abstract: An airbag apparatus or the like in which the form of breaking of a tear line can be made more stable, and the deployment positions of an airbag cover and a bag portion can be made more stable is provided. An airbag apparatus includes a bag portion formed of a base cloth panel in a bag shape and deployed and inflated in front of a driver by being supplied with gas for deployment, an inflator that generates the gas for deployment, a retaining container in which the bag portion not in use is housed and at the top of which an opening is provided, and an airbag cover that substantially covers the opening of the retaining container when not in use and a front portion of which rises to uncover the opening when the bag portion is deployed and inflated. The airbag apparatus is provided in front of a seat of a saddle-ride type vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inflatable airbag arrangement in a motor vehicle dashboard, the arrangement comprising a flap (4) hinged to a dashboard body (2) to open when on inflation of the airbag, and having a linear tie (1) therein fastened to the flap (4) and to the dashboard body (2). According to the invention, additional elements (21 to 26) are overmolded on the tie (1), each overmolded additional element (21 to 26) having a specific outside shape that engages in a corresponding housing in the flap (4) and/or in the dashboard body (2), the tie (1) being put into position in the airbag arrangement by the additional elements (21 to 26) being engaged in the corresponding housings in the flap (4) and in the dashboard body (2).

Abstract: Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, an interior panel comprises a substrate having an opening. A skin covering and foam cover the substrate. An airbag chute-door assembly is mounted to the substrate. The airbag chute-door assembly comprises a chute wall that at least partially surrounds an interior space. The chute wall is configured to direct passage of an airbag through the interior space towards the opening. A door flap portion is pivotally connected to the chute wall via a hinge section and at least partially covers the opening. A gusset hinge feature extends from the hinge section between and operatively coupled to the door flap portion and the chute wall. A perimeter flange extends from the chute wall away from the interior space and has a flange section that overlies the outer surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Interior panels having integrated airbag doors for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, an interior panel comprises a substrate having outer and inner surfaces and an opening extending therethrough. An airbag chute-door assembly is mounted to the substrate and comprises a chute wall that at least partially surrounds an interior space. The chute wall is configured for stowing an airbag module. The chute wall defines an expansion feature that facilitates moving sections of the chute wall for assembling the airbag module to the chute wall. A door flap portion is pivotally connected to the chute wall and at least partially covers the opening. A perimeter flange extends from the chute wall and has a flange section that overlies the outer surface of the substrate. A skin covering extends over the substrate and a foam is disposed between the skin covering and the substrate.