Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.

Prashant Rashinkar

Sangamesh Adaki

Ashish Bhise

Satish Rapelli

Gautam Kamble

Rahul Mat

A vehicle interior panel for use over a deployable airbag includes a hinge region with particular thickness profiles to help promote door rotation. The panel includes a substrate comprising a door and an outer perimeter at least partially surrounding the door, with the hinge region having two curved portions spanning at least partially between the door and the outer perimeter. The hinge region has a flatter portion located at least partially between the two curved portions, the flatter portion having a first thickness zone having a first thickness coupled to the outer perimeter and a second thickness zone having a second thickness located between the first thickness zone and the door. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness.

Vehicle interior panel for use over a deployable airbag

A vehicle interior panel is configured to split along a tear seam during airbag deployment. The tear seam has an unconventional shape with one or more segments forming an oblique angle with other segments. The tear seam shape is useful to further enhance the safety of vehicle passengers and to provide unobstructed pivoting of one or more airbag doors formed during airbag deployment. The panel can also be structured to ensure that the airbag forces used to split the tear seam are properly directed to enhance tear seam function.

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Prashant Rashinkar