Applique film airbag cover
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1. An airbag cover, comprising:
- a substrate having an exposed surface;
at least one tear seam disposed in the exposed surface; and
a unitary applique film that is disposed on the exposed surface and is disposed across the tear seam, wherein the tear seam and applique film are frangible and rupture in response to expansion of an inflatable cushion to permit the cushion to deploy through the substrate and applique film.
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Abstract
The applique film airbag cover includes a substrate and an applique film. The substrate includes a tear seam to permit the emergence of a contained inflatable cushion. The applique film is disposed on an exposed surface of the substrate and is disposed across at least one tear seam in the substrate. The substrate may include contours that can be aligned with an emblem design on the applique film to produce a three-dimensional emblem. In response to expansion of the contained cushion, the tear seam and applique film rupture to permit the cushion to emerge through the cover.
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1. An airbag cover, comprising:
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a substrate having an exposed surface;
at least one tear seam disposed in the exposed surface; and
a unitary applique film that is disposed on the exposed surface and is disposed across the tear seam, wherein the tear seam and applique film are frangible and rupture in response to expansion of an inflatable cushion to permit the cushion to deploy through the substrate and applique film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An airbag cover, comprising:
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a substrate having an exposed surface;
at least one tear seam in the exposed surface; and
a unitary applique film that is disposed on the exposed surface and is disposed across the tear seam, wherein the tear seam and applique film are frangible and rupture in response to expansion of an inflatable cushion to permit the cushion to deploy through the substrate and applique film, and wherein the applique film includes an emblem design aligned with corresponding contours in the substrate to produce a three-dimensional emblem. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An airbag cover, comprising:
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a substrate having an exposed surface;
at least one tear seam in the exposed surface; and
a unitary applique film that is disposed on and covers an entirety of the exposed surface and is disposed across at least one tear seam, wherein each tear seam and the applique film are frangible and rupture in response to expansion of an inflatable cushion to permit the cushion to deploy through the substrate and applique film. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An airbag cover, comprising:
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substrate means for concealing an inflatable cushion, the substrate means having an exposed surface;
tear seam means in the exposed surface that enables the cushion to emerge through the substrate during inflation of the cushion; and
unitary applique film means that provides a cosmetic cover for the substrate, wherein the applique film means is disposed on the exposed surface and is disposed across the tear seam means, wherein the tear seam means and applique film means are frangible and rupture in response to expansion of the cushion to permit the cushion to deploy through the substrate means and applique film means.
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