Integral pelvic impact energy-absorbing pre-crush protective construction for vehicle door

A door trim substrate having a construction which includes, in combination, an energy-absorbing pre-crush protective portion and a pelvic bolster portion is provided for use in a vehicle. The pre-crush protective portion is configured so as to protect the pelvic bolster portion from pre-crush in a v...

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Main Authors Hall, Ian Brewster, Deng, Zhibing, Bhojan, Rabin, Pinkerton, John
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.04.2012
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Summary:A door trim substrate having a construction which includes, in combination, an energy-absorbing pre-crush protective portion and a pelvic bolster portion is provided for use in a vehicle. The pre-crush protective portion is configured so as to protect the pelvic bolster portion from pre-crush in a vehicle side-impact event. The pre-crush portion is defined by a rib cassette structure which is preferably integrally molded into the door trim substrate below the pelvic bolster portion.