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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
James Paul Yizze, Washington, MI (US);
Victor A. Johnson, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jeffrey William DeMunnik, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Shane Scherbarth, Superior Township, MI (US);
Alan Curtis Moran, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An airbag deployment door for a motor vehicle, the airbag deployment door having a panel and a hinge formed along one side of the panel. The hinge is configured to couple to a panel on the vehicle to allow the panel to pivot, a tear seam extending on an opposite side of the panel, wherein the tear seam is configured to open during the deployment of an airbag, and a scoring line extending through the panel in the shape of a generally Y-shape to form first, second, and third panel members, wherein the scoring lines allow the first, second, and third panel members to fold during deployment of the airbag.