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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh, Hagenbach, DE;
Gwenael Monnier, Mareil sur Mauldre, FR;
Jérôme Boulbes, Schleithal, FR;
Thierry Schupbach, St. Crépin Ibouvilliers, FR;
Fabrice Pepin, Beauvais, FR;
Yohann Boniface, Senantes, FR;
Richard Guenin, Villeneuve les Sablons, FR;
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure discloses a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag and a method of fabricating a vehicle interior panel for covering an airbag. The vehicle interior panel includes a substrate with an opening, a chute channel assembly inserted into the opening, a surface skin, and a foam layer disposed between the surface skin and the substrate. The chute channel assembly includes a wall section surrounding a chute channel for the airbag and a cover plate covering the chute channel and closing the opening. The cover plate includes an airbag door, wherein an outer surface of the cover plate is in contact with the foam layer. The outer surface of the cover plate has a rough surface structure, the outer surface having a surface roughness parameter Rof at least 4 μm.