US 11,702,027 B2
Tear inducing apparatus for PAB door and manufacturing method thereof
Young Ki Oh, Yongin-si (KR); and Seong Cheon Cho, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,656.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0010414 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234536 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/2165 (2013.01) [B60R 2021/21506 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tear inducing apparatus for a passenger airbag (PAB) door, the PAB door being vibration-welded with a crash pad panel, wherein the tear inducing apparatus comprises:
a scoring line disposed on the PAB door and configured to be opened when an airbag cushion deploys; and
a plurality of tear inducing pockets disposed on both sides of the scoring line to face each other and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the scoring line,
wherein each of the plurality of pockets comprises an inner space and a ridge including a flat portion facing toward the airbag cushion,
wherein each of the plurality of pockets further comprises two opposing side walls and a facing surface such that the inner space is defined and surrounded by the ridge, the two opposing side walls, and the facing surface,
wherein, in the longitudinal direction of the scoring line, the side walls facing each other between neighboring pockets among the plurality of pockets are spaced apart from each other, and
wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the neighboring pockets, cut across the flat portions of the neighboring pockets in the longitudinal direction of the scoring line, a recessed portion is formed between the flat portions of the neighboring pockets.