Patent ID: 6318752
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Instrument panel made from thermoplastic material, for a motor vehicle, having an invisible cover for an airbag system which, as seen from the interior of the motor vehicle, is arranged behind the instrument panel, characterized by a rear-side cross-sectional weakening in the instrument panel, said weakening defines an opening area in the instrument panel for the airbag and completely surrounds the opening area, an ejection channel for the airbag, which is fitted on the instrument panel, the opening area in the instrument panel for the airbag being connected to the ejection channel by means of an integral polymer hinge, and both the ejection channel on the instrument panel and the integral polymer hinge being attached at least to the opening area in the instrument panel for the airbag by means of welded material, and the instrument panel, ejection channel and integral polymer hinge comprising a thermoplastic of the same polymer base, but differently flexibilized.