Patent ID: 7152872
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air-bag-door-equipped vehicle interior trim article comprising a panel main body in which a door section is defined with a rupturable portion that is formed in the panel main body and that is to be ruptured to open the door section upon activation of an air bag device, wherein the interior trim article further comprises: a reinforcing plate section that comprises a base end and an extreme end, and that is welded to the bottom face of the door section; a frame body, provided in connection with the plate section, for accommodating the air bag device; and a hinge section through which the base end of the plate section is connected to the frame body, wherein the plate section, the frame body and the hinge section are integrally formed, wherein the frame body comprises: a rectangular tubular main section extending away from the panel main body; and a flange section that extends outward from an outer end of the tubular main section located adjacent to the panel main body, and that is welded to the bottom face of the panel main body at a portion thereof located outwardly of the door section, wherein the base end of the plate section is integrally formed with the frame body via the hinge section, while the extreme end of the plate section detachably abuts against a surface of the tubular main section of the frame body facing the panel main body before the rupturable portion is ruptured, and wherein a part of the rupturable portion with which the door section is defined and which is adjacent to the extreme end of the plate section is located outwardly of the extreme end of the plate section.