Air bag door fastening structure

• US 4,842,299 A
• Filed: 01/13/1988
• Issued: 06/27/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimomura, Satoshi, Okamura, Shotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weaver, Ross
• Application Number:
  US07/143,382
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728, 280/730, 280/731, 280/732, 280/743
• US Class Current: 280/732
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/215 characterised by the covers for the inflatable member B60R21/2176 takes precedence

Abstract

An air bag door fastening structure having an air bag door including a base layer of synthetic resin, coupled at one side end thereof through hinges with an instrument panel and at the other side end thereof through breakaway members with the instrument panel characterized in that each breakaway member comprises two fastening portions integrally coupled through a thin integral hinge with each other as a coupler in such a manner that one fastening portion is coupled fixedly with the base layer or integrated with the base layer and the other fastening portion is coupled fixedly with the instrument panel.

Claims

1. An air bag door fastening structure having an air bag door including a base layer of synthetic resin, coupled at one side end thereof through hinges with an instrument panel and at another side end thereof through breakaway members with said instrument panel, said breakaway member comprising two fastening portions integrally coupled through a thin integral hinge with each other as a coupler in such a manner that one fastening portion is coupled fixedly with said base layer and the other fastening portion is coupled fixed with said instrument panel, said other fastening portion comprising a projection formed thereon;

and said instrument panel comprises an opening to be positioned with said projection of said breakaway member.

3. The air bag door fastening structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said each breakaway member is disposed at the lower end of said air bag door and hinges are provided at the upper end of said air bag door.

4. The air bag door fastening structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said breakaway member is clamped by bolts and nuts with the instrument panel.

5. The air bag door fastening structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said air bag door comprises a synthetic resin base layer and a formed urethane resin layer and a skin sequentially laminated on the base layer.

6. The air bag door fastening structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the instrument panel portion to be coupled with said each breakaway member is formed as a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional frame and said breakaway member is fastened with the lower portion of the instrument panel portion.

2. An air bag door fastening structure having an air bag door including a base layer of synthetic resin, coupled at one side end thereof through hinges with an instrument panel and at another side end thereof through breakaway members with said instrument panel, said breakaway member comprising two fastening portions integrally coupled through a thin integral hinge with each other as a coupler in such a manner that one fastening portion is coupled fixedly with said base layer and another fastening portion is coupled fixed with said instrument panel, said one fastening portion of said breakaway member comprises a peripheral cutout formed in opposing peripheral sides thereof, said air bag door comprising an lower end, said lower end comprising cutouts, said cutouts engaged with said breakaway member;

and said air bag door further comprising edges, said edges inserted into said peripheral cutout of said breakaway member.