Patent ID: 7578521
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A pillar trim component assembly for covering at least a portion of a pillar structure of a motor vehicle having an inflatable side curtain airbag comprising: an elongate, main body member for covering at least a portion of the pillar structure, and including first complementary shaped portions formed on the main body member; and a separately formed airbag support member having an integrally formed inflatable curtain deployment trajectory ramp surface, and including second complementary shaped portions formed on the airbag support member, wherein the first and second complementary shaped portions are configured and arranged for complementary interconnection into an interlocking subassembly of the airbag support member to the main body member prior to installation of the subassembly into a motor vehicle, the first and second complementary shaped portions further configured and arranged to prevent unintended disassembly of the subassembly; each of the main body member and airbag support member having at least one fastener-receiving aperture formed therein to be coaxially aligned with respect to one another when the airbag support member is assembled to the main body member; and a fastener that extends through the fastener-receiving apertures of the main body member and the airbag support member and is engageable with the pillar structure of the motor vehicle for attaching an assembled subassembly of the main body member and the airbag support member to the motor vehicle.