Patent ID: 7055850
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag cover assembly comprising: an air bag cover having more than one layer, a deployment channel for directing an inflating airbag upon deployment, said deployment channel associated with a suitable support in a vehicle and made of hard plastic material, wherein the deployment channel is provided with side walls terminating in an upper end defining a border of the deployment channel; said airbag cover layers provided with a weakened zone located on a side of the air bag cover pointing away from the vehicle interior, said airbag cover disposed across the deployment channel, wherein the weakened zone is formed as a predetermined line extending in horizontal direction to laterally exceed the border of the deployment channel such that by force of the air bag upon deployment an opening is formed in the air bag cover at the predetermined line and the opening is laterally widened beyond the border of the deployment channel.