Patent ID: 9260074
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle interior panel constructed to be ruptured by an airbag that is inflated and deployed, the interior panel comprising: a base member; and a cover member adhered to a top surface of the base member, wherein the base member has a back surface including a first cleavage groove serving as a start point of rupture of the base member caused by inflation pressure of the airbag, the cover member includes a ground fabric layer, a cover layer adhered to a top surface of the ground fabric layer, and a cushion layer adhered to a back surface of the ground fabric layer, the cushion layer is an original fabric formed of a three-dimensionally knitted fabric, the cover layer and the ground fabric layer of the cover member are free of a cleavage groove, and the cushion layer is configured to provide a smooth rupture of the ground layer by only including and locating a second cleavage groove on a back surface of the cushion layer in correspondence with a position of the first cleavage groove along the back surface of the base member.