OUTER COVERING FOR THE INSIDE PANEL OF A VEHICLE INCLUDING A DEVICE FOR ACCOMMODATING A SAFETY AIR CUSHION

摘要

An outer covering for the inside panel of a vehicle, whereby said panel includes a device for the accommodation and deployment of a safety air cushion, comprising the following: a support which includes a device for the accommodation and deployment of a safety air cushion; an inner layer consisting of a thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer foam material covering said support and fixed thereto; an outer covering or skin made from a thermoplastic polymer material covering the inner layer and fixed thereto. The inventive covering is characterized in that it does not have any incipient ruptures on the part of the panel which is used to accommodate and deploy the safety air cushion; it is made of a thermoplastic polymer material in the form of a powder by means of a free flow and means of molding in a hot mold; the chemical composition is indicated for the entire panel and is obtained from a thermoplastic elastomer composition.