Patent ID: 7900956
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An interior trim for a motor vehicle integrating a lid for an airbag; the trim comprises: an inner layer, made of rigid plastic material, that constitutes the skeleton and having a through hole in a point corresponding to the lid of the airbag; an intermediate layer made of spongy plastic material that bestows softness to the touch; and an outer coating layer having aesthetic purposes; and a reinforcement element, which comprises a metal plate, is fixed with respect to the inner layer and involves nearly the entire area of the lid; wherein the metal plate of the reinforcement element rests both on a bottom surface of the inner layer and on a bottom surface of the intermediate layer, is connected rigidly to the inner layer, and has at least one hinge at an edge of the lid of the airbag; and wherein the metal plate of the reinforcement element is S-shaped in such a way as to present a first end set in a point corresponding to the hinge that rests on and is connected to the inner layer, and a second end opposite to the first end and set between the inner layer and the intermediate layer.