Patent ID: 8944460
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automobile air bag module comprising: a housing chute having a front wall, a rear wall, and at least one sidewall together at least partially surrounding an air bag of an air bag container, wherein an upper portion of the rear wall includes a plurality of female pockets spaced along a top edge of the rear wall and each having a first wall portion in alignment with the upper portion of the rear wall and a second wall portion protruding rearward therefrom to define a wedge-shaped cavity; and a topper cover having a top wall pivotally coupled with the front wall and spanning over the housing chute to cover the air bag and a base section positioned atop the top wall and spanning beyond the top wall integrally with a surrounding trim substrate, wherein the base section of the topper cover includes a bottom surface that abuts the front wall, rear wall, and at least one sidewall, and wherein the base section includes a plurality of reinforcement protrusions that extend downward from the bottom surface in a wedge shape with a thickness that consistently reduces from the bottom surface to a nadir of each wedge-shaped cavity and matably engage a first surface and a second surface of the respective first and second wall portions of the plurality of female pockets, thereby encapsulating the plurality of reinforcement protrusions in the plurality of female pockets, such that rearward deflection of the rear wall is restricted by the plurality of reinforcement protrusions upon deployment of the air bag.