Vehicular interior parts
First Claim
1. An automotive interior part, comprising:
- an interior-part main body covering a vehicle compartment side of a vehicle body panel;
a deployment section deployed in tune with an airbag, arranged between the vehicle body panel and the interior-part main body, deploying toward the inside of the vehicle compartment; and
an outer cover including;
an outer-cover main body continuously covering the interior-part main body and the deployment section; and
an overhang section extending from the outer-cover main body so as to form an end of the outer cover, the end being folded toward the upper backside of the interior-part main body,wherein the overhang section includes;
an area having a long overhang length that extends from the outer-cover main body futher than an area having a short overhang length, the overhang section configured such, that in a state in which the airbag is not deployed, the area having the long overhang length and the area having the short overhang length comprise an edge of the outer cover; and
a borderline section that is arranged along a borderline between the area having the long overhang length and the area having the short overhang length and that initiates a fracture of the outer cover when the airbag is deployed.
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Abstract
To provide an automotive interior part surely deploying an airbag as a result of a smooth opening and fracture of an interior-part main body onto which an outer cover is attached at the time of the deployment of the airbag.
The present invention includes: a door-upper main body 5 covering a vehicle compartment side of a door panel 14; a deployment section 2a deployed in tune with the deployment of an airbag 11 toward inside the vehicle compartment; and an outer cover having an outer-cover main body 6 continuously covering the door-upper main body 5 and the deployment section 2a and an overhang section 130 hung over by folding a terminal end thereof. The overhang section 13 includes: an area 13b having a long overhang length that extends from the end on the door-upper main body 5 side of the overhang section to the opposite end of the door upper main body 5 of the overhang section and an area 13a having a short overhang length of the same; and a borderline section 22 that is arranged along a borderline between the area 13b having the long overhang length and the area 13a having the short overhang length and that initiates the fracture of the terminal end of the outer cover when the airbag 11 is deployed.
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9 Claims
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1. An automotive interior part, comprising:
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an interior-part main body covering a vehicle compartment side of a vehicle body panel; a deployment section deployed in tune with an airbag, arranged between the vehicle body panel and the interior-part main body, deploying toward the inside of the vehicle compartment; and an outer cover including; an outer-cover main body continuously covering the interior-part main body and the deployment section; and an overhang section extending from the outer-cover main body so as to form an end of the outer cover, the end being folded toward the upper backside of the interior-part main body, wherein the overhang section includes; an area having a long overhang length that extends from the outer-cover main body futher than an area having a short overhang length, the overhang section configured such, that in a state in which the airbag is not deployed, the area having the long overhang length and the area having the short overhang length comprise an edge of the outer cover; and a borderline section that is arranged along a borderline between the area having the long overhang length and the area having the short overhang length and that initiates a fracture of the outer cover when the airbag is deployed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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