IP Library Granted Patent US 9,580,037
Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,037 · App. 14/179,891 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Weakening of leather skins

Inventor: Anton Tomaj (Esslingen, DE)
Assignee: MAGNA INTERIORS (EUROPE) GMBH
B60R21/2165B32B5/026B32B7/12B32B9/025B32B9/047B32B2307/582B32B2605/00Y10T428/15
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Patent No.
US 9,580,037
App. No.
14/179,891
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaped trim part configured to cover an airbag for a motor vehicle, and which includes at least one support which is weakened along an opening line which delimits an opening cover, and a decorative layer composed of leather and arranged on and/or over the support.

Claims (25)

1. A trim part for covering a motor vehicle airbag, the trim part comprising:

at least one support layer which is weakened along an opening line which delimits an opening cover; and

a decorative layer arranged over the support layer and which has a local weakening in a region of a tear line, the decorative layer having a thickness of at least 0.8 mm in the region of the tear line,

wherein the tear line has a first lateral linear portion and extends in a zigzag pattern into a second lateral linear portion, said tear line at an angle to a direction perpendicularly with respect to the plane of a surface of the trim part.

2. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the decorative layer is composed of leather.

3. The trim part of claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate layer which is arranged over the support layer.

4. The trim part of claim 3 , wherein the decorative layer is arranged over the intermediate layer.

5. The trim part of claim 3 , wherein the intermediate layer is adhesively bonded over its full area to the support layer.

6. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the tear line follows a curve at least in sections, the curve having an amplitude at least perpendicularly with respect to an imaginary tear line.

7. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the tear line, at least partially, comprises a plurality of weakened points which are connected to one another.

8. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the tear line, at least partially, comprises a plurality of weakened points which in each case lie at peaks of the zigzag pattern.

9. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the decorative layer is composed of a single piece of leather.

10. The trim part of claim 1 , wherein the decorative layer has the same thickness over the entire area of the support layer.

11. A trim part for covering a motor vehicle airbag, the trim part comprising:

a support which is weakened along an opening line which delimits an opening cover;

an intermediate layer arranged over the support layer;

an adhesive layer which fastens the intermediate layer to the support; and

a decorative layer arranged over the support layer and which has a local weakening in a region of a tear line, the decorative layer having a thickness of at least 0.8 mm in the region of the tear line, wherein the tear line has a first lateral linear portion and extends in a zigzag pattern into a second lateral linear portion, said tear line at an angle to a direction perpendicularly with respect to the plane of a surface of the trim part.

12. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the decorative layer is composed of leather.

13. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the decorative layer is arranged over the intermediate layer.

14. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the adhesive layer adhesively bonds the intermediate layer over its full area to the support layer.

15. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the tear line, at least partially, comprises a plurality of weakened points which are connected to one another.

16. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the tear line, at least partially, comprises a plurality of weakened points which in each case lie at peaks of the zigzag pattern.

17. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the decorative layer is composed of a single piece of leather.

18. The trim part of claim 11 , wherein the decorative layer has the same thickness over the entire area of the support layer.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2018
From: MAGNA INTERIORS (EUROPE) GMBH
To: ANTOLIN INTERIORS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 045205/0887 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2018
From: ANTOLIN INTERIORS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: ALBA SPEZIALLAMPEN HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 045207/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2018
From: ALBA SPEZIALLAMPEN HOLDING GMBH
To: ANTOLIN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 045207/0330 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2015
From: DECOMA (GERMANY) GMBH
To: MAGNA INTERIORS (EUROPE) GMBH
Reel/Frame 036345/0484 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2014
From: TOMAJ, ANTON
To: DECOMA (GERMANY) GMBH
Reel/Frame 032226/0935 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 202 737 · Feb 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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