Patent ID: 7452001
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: B23K,B26D,B26F,B29C,B29L,B60R

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a vehicle upholstery member having an air bag door equipped with a fabricated skin, comprising the following steps (A) to (C) in order: (A) substantially flatly mounting the skin on a support base; (B) forming a break-scheduled line that is not so deep as to reach a front surface of the skin with a cutting blade; and (C) measuring a depth of the break-scheduled line or a thickness of a remaining portion of the skin where the break-scheduled line is formed with an incision of the break-scheduled line opened, wherein a protrusion arranged in the support base is moved up to a given height and pressed upward against the skin to therby open the incision of the break-scheduled line.