Patent ID: 9090222
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B60R,F01B,F02B,F02M

Abstract:
1. A cover assembly for an airbag, the assembly comprising at least one airbag cover panel pivotally connected by a textile hinge to a fixed support region surrounding the airbag cover panel, wherein the airbag cover panel and the support region surrounding the airbag cover are composed of a flat plastic panel whose rear face supports a flat textile element that includes sacrificial filaments that extend essentially perpendicular to a hinge axis and tear at the hinge when the airbag is activated, the flat textile element furthermore includes stop filaments that allow the airbag cover panel to rotate around the hinge axis without tearing in the region of the hinge when the airbag is activated, thereby securing the airbag cover panel in place after the airbag has been activated, the non-tearing stop filaments are compressed in corrugations and/or loops only in the region of the hinge and are thus longer than in the regions outside the hinge, and the corrugations and/or loops are located in a plane of the flat textile element.