Patent ID: 9421933
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. An active glove box door for a vehicle passenger compartment, comprising: a plastic-molded inner door liner forming a reaction plate; a plastic-molded front trim wall for deploying toward a passenger in the passenger compartment; a plastic-molded bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with the trim wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder, wherein the bladder member includes at least one substantially circumferential pleat adjacent the weld seam and a central attachment region with a plurality of attachment bosses joined to the inner door liner: and a skeleton member mounted to the inner door liner between the bladder member and the inner door liner, wherein the skeleton member has a lattice structure for reducing flexing of the inner door liner, and wherein the skeleton member has at least one aperture receiving a respective attachment boss.