Patent ID: 6250669
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An instrument panel having an integral airbag door portion and disposed in a vehicle having an airbag case, the instrument panel comprising:a skin forming a compartment side surface of the instrument panel;a door insert deployable outward from the instrument panel about a forward side portion of the door insert, the forward side portion located forward with respect to the vehicle, the door insert including a plate portion;an instrument panel insert having an opening that is engaged with the door insert; anda foamed layer expanded between the skin and the door insert and also between the skin and the instrument panel insert,wherein the door insert includes:a seal portion formed between the door insert and the instrument panel insert, the seal portion preventing leakage of a foaming agent during an expanding formation of the foamed layer;a mounting flange portion protruded from a lower surface of the door insert, the mounting flange portion being used for mounting the door insert to the airbag case;at least one protrusion formed on the mounting flange portion, the protrusion engaging with an edge portion of the opening of the instrument panel insert; anda fragile portion formed in a section of the mounting flange portion, the section of the mounting flange portion being located between the protrusion and the plate portion of the door insert, the fragile portion being breakable during airbag deployment.