Global Patent Index - EP 3517372 B8

EP 3517372 B8 20201111 - VEHICLE TRIM PANEL WITH TEAR-OPEN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT REGION

Title (en)

VEHICLE TRIM PANEL WITH TEAR-OPEN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT REGION

Title (de)

FAHRZEUGVERKLEIDUNGSELEMENT MIT EINEM AUFREISSBEREICH FÜR EINEN AIRBAG

Title (fr)

PANNEAU DE GARNITURE DE VÉHICULE AVEC ZONE DE RUPTURE POUR UN COUSSIN GONFLABLE

Publication

EP 3517372 B8 20201111 (EN)

Application

EP 19153400 A 20190123

Priority

GB 201801155 A 20180124

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3517372A1] A vehicle interior trim panel (101), the panel (101) comprising a tear-open airbag deployment region (103) formed from a plurality of sections (105a, 105b) that cooperate to cover an airbag in an installed configuration, the sections (105a, 105b) being joined by a tear seam (107), the panel (101) further comprising at least one support feature (113) that extends at least partially across the tear seam (107), wherein the support feature (113) comprises a thinned portion at, or near to, a centre line of the tear seam (107).

IPC 8 full level

B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01)

CPC (source: CN EP GB US)

B60R 13/02 (2013.01 - EP GB US); B60R 21/205 (2013.01 - US); B60R 21/215 (2013.01 - CN GB); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01 - EP GB US); B60R 2021/21506 (2013.01 - GB); B60R 2021/21518 (2013.01 - GB)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3517372 A1 20190731; EP 3517372 B1 20200916; EP 3517372 B8 20201111; CN 110077354 A 20190802; GB 201801155 D0 20180307; GB 2570456 A 20190731; GB 2570456 B 20200617; US 2019225181 A1 20190725

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19153400 A 20190123; CN 201910044934 A 20190117; GB 201801155 A 20180124; US 201916249328 A 20190116