Patent ID: 6896962

Claim:
A skin for an interior vehicle panel, the vehicle panel having a support means including a means for housing and deploying an air bag, and a thermoplastic foam internal layer, wherein the internal layer covers, and is fastened to the support means, and an external skin wherein the external skin covers, and is fastened to the internal layer, the skin comprising: at least one propylene homopolymer; at least one copolymer based on propylene, and having at least one olefin; at least one copolymer based on ethylene, and having at least one alpha-olefin; at least one at least partially crosslinked polyolefin elastomer; and at least one of a mineral oil, an organic oil or a combination thereof; said skin having substantially no fracture initiators in that part of the panel used for housing and deploying the airbag, and wherein the thickness of said skin, over the entire panel, is from about 0.2 mm to about 5 mm, and wherein the skin is manufactured by slush molding of a powder such that the chemical composition of said thermoplastic polymer is identical over the entire panel, and wherein said skin has a tensile strength of from about 0.5 Newton to about 80 Newton, an extension to breaking point of from about 5% to about 250%, and a resistance to tearing with an initial and straight breading of 80 mm of from about 20 Newton to about 100 Newton.