Patent ID: 8424905
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An interior trim assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a framework and a panel for concealing an airbag, the panel being fastened on the framework and comprising a flap covering an airbag deployment passage delimited by the framework and a peripheral region surrounding the flap and attached to the framework, the flap being configured to move during the deployment of the airbag to free the airbag deployment passage, the panel comprising a hinge-forming strip comprising a flap portion attached to the flap, a framework portion attached to the framework, and a hinge portion extending between the flap portion and the framework portion, wherein a region of the hinge portion adjacent to the framework portion is covered by a protecting element and wherein a region of the hinge portion adjacent to the flap region is exposed and is not covered by the protecting element.