Faurecia Interieur Industrie

Franck Bonaventure

Jean-Pierre Morel

Michael Brunet

Daniel Le Hoang

Pierre Demortain

A trim element includes a support comprising a groove delimited by a first wall and a second wall, and a first covering layer having at least one edge received in the groove. The trim element further includes a retention device for retaining the edge of the first covering layer in the groove, the retention device having a supporting element extending at least partly into the groove and applying a part of the outer face of the edge of the first covering layer against the second wall of the groove, with the first covering layer covering the groove from the first wall to the second wall.

Trim element comprising a coating layer attached in a groove of a support

A housing () for receiving an airbag is fixed to a support member () by at least one fixing element () which extends through a hole () of the member and which is fixed to the housing (). The fixing element () is retained in the hole () with play so that the fixing element () is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains the axis of the hole (), inside the hole () under the action of the deformation of the housing () so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag.

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Franck Bonaventure