Patent ID: 8596681

Claim:
An internal deployable vehicle panel assembly comprising: an inner panel having a first mounting structure that movably couples the inner panel to a vehicle component to move between a closed position to cover an access opening to a vehicle storage compartment and an open position to reveal the access opening; an outer panel having a second mounting structure that is removably coupled to a third mounting structure of the inner panel; and a deployable energy absorber disposed between the inner and outer panels in an undeployed state, the deployable energy absorber being free from fixed attachment to the outer panel and being energizable to a deployed state in which the deployable energy absorber separates the outer panel from the inner panel and displaces the outer panel away from the inner panel, the deployable energy absorber including a first section, a second section having a different shape than the first section, and a third section that couples the first and second sections together to form a contiguous inflatable volume.