Patent ID: 7891699
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A cover for a driver's side airbag module, the cover comprising: a central body portion having an opening disposed therein, the central body portion having a predetermined tear seam for defining a pair of deployable doors, the predetermined tear seam extending through the opening; an object inserted into the opening, the object including a bezel having a rim portion having a first surface and a second surface and a plurality of tabs extending from the second surface, the plurality of tabs passing through complementary openings in a peripheral portion of the opening and the first surface is flush with an exterior surface of the cover when the bezel is received within the opening; and a tether secured to the object, the tether retaining the object with the cover after deployment of the pair of deployable doors along the predetermined tear seam, wherein the object is dislodged from the opening when the pair of deployable doors deploy along the predetermined tear seam.