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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/14 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/055 (2006.01); B60R 21/045 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/145 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B60J 5/0461 (2013.01); B60R 21/045 (2013.01); B60R 21/055 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08);
Abstract
A fixation leg for a vehicle interior panel includes an impact energy absorption region having one or more partial or complete perforations. Each one of the perforations may be formed by laser ablating material from the fixation leg at the impact energy absorption region. The impact energy absorption region is weakened due to the partial or complete perforations such that upon impact with the vehicle interior panel, the fixation leg can break and absorb some of the impact energy. In one embodiment, the fixation leg attaches a substrate of a vehicle instrument panel to a structural crossmember.