Patent ID: 6413613
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,B60R,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
An automotive interior trim product comprising an energy management element, said energy management element being adapted to be secured to an automotive interior as a trim product to provide energy management functions and extending into zones of said interior having different levels of energy management requirements, said energy management element being fabricated from a material including a coherent structure with an array of laterally interconnected tubular elements, said energy management element comprising a one-piece unitary structure with zones of differing physical properties produced as a result of localized differences in the structure of the energy management element, and wherein said localized zones of said energy management structure with differing localized physical properties are capable in use of providing different levels of energy management whereby the energy management provided by the energy management element can be matched to the energy management requirements of said zones of said interior having different levels of energy management requirements.