Patent ID: 6237933
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle interior member having an air bag door portion comprising:a three-layer skin;a body portion substrate formed of a hard resin material and injection molded together with said three-layer skin; andan air bag door portion substrate formed of the same hard resin material as said body portion and injection molded integrally with said body portion substrate,wherein said air bag door portion substrate has a groove portion forming a substrate side tear line that is formed during said injection molding to define a shape of a projecting portion formed on a mold and torn upon deployment of an air bag, said three-layer skin has a face close to said air bag door portion substrate, and said three-layer skin has a diagonal cut portion for a skin side tear line that is formed to extend from said face of said three-layer skin at a predetermined inclination angle such that an opening portion of said diagonal cut portion is directed substantially toward the groove portion for said substrate side tear line.