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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9669791 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2015

Airbag cover and manufacturing method for airbag cover

Applicants:

Volvo Car Corporation, Göteborg, SE;

International Automotive Components Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;

Inventors:

David Svensson, Olofstorp, SE;

Bengt Sätterman, Mullsjö, SE;

Assignees:

INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH, Dusseldorf, DE;

VOLVO CAR CORPORATION, Gothenburg, SE;

Attorney:

Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Drew Brown

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/216 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 105/20 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B29C 45/1418 (2013.01); B29C 45/14631 (2013.01); B29C 45/14786 (2013.01); B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B29C 2043/022 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14213 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0067 (2013.01); B29K 2105/206 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3038 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01); B60R 2021/21531 (2013.01); B60R 2021/21537 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an airbag cover, which comprises at least one door portion adapted to be opened to allow at least a portion of an airbag to be deployed, at least one hinge portion located adjacent to a side of the door portion and being adapted to provide a hinge for the door portion when opening, and at least one reinforcement portion at least partly surrounding the at least one door portion and the at least one hinge portion. The airbag cover comprises a mesh member, a first portion of the mesh member being located in the at least one reinforcement portion and a second portion of the mesh member being located in the at least one hinge portion. The at least one reinforcement portion comprises at least one rib protruding in a first direction (D). The first portion of the mesh member has a non-planar cross-section by the mesh member being molded into a portion of the at least one rib, such that the mesh member traverses the at least one rib. The disclosure further relates to a mesh member for use in an airbag cover, a vehicle interior panel, e.g. a vehicle interior panel for a dashboard, and a method for making an airbag cover.

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