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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Toshihisa Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Saori Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jirou Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihisa Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Saori Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Jirou Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kasai Kogyo, Co., Ltd., Kouza-gun, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An automotive interior component according to the present invention includes: an interior component attached to a vehicle body panel at an interior side of a vehicle; an airbag installed in a gap between the vehicle body panel and the interior component; an expanding portion defined in a partial region of the interior component, the expanding portion turning in an expansion direction of the airbag to expose an opening; first locking means made up of a first locking piece provided at a rim of the expanding portion and a first engagement portion provided at a fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the first locking piece to lock movement of the expanding portion in a turning direction; and second locking means made up of a second locking piece provided at the rim of the expanding portion and a second engagement portion provided at the fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the second locking piece to lock movement of the expanding portion in a turning radial direction.