Patent ID: 7398991
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A method of making a cover component mountable to an airbag system, the cover component having a tear line that is torn open when an airbag of the airbag system inflates, comprising: providing a die having a core surface having a raised line formed on the core surface, providing a moldable material, molding said moldable material using said die so as to form a molded material having a recessed line corresponding to said raised line, the recessed line extending in a line and having a first end, a central portion with opposing sides, and a second end, providing a laser, and irradiating said molded material using said laser so as to bore a plurality of hollows in said recessed line along the central portion in said molded material at intervals, and wherein a bottom of the recessed line at the first or second end of the recessed line is molded to form a sloped surface inclined relative to a back of the cover component, wherein the sloped surface is inclined in a longitudinal direction of the recessed line, wherein the tear line extends in an H shape, wherein the H shape includes a central portion and legs extending from the central portion, wherein the sloped surface is inclined in a longitudinal direction of the recessed line at ends of the legs of the H shape.