US Patent Issued to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE on Oct. 7 for "Vehicle trim component and production process for such trim" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,654, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE (Nanterre, France).

"Vehicle trim component and production process for such trim" was invented by Pierre Legrand (Beauvais, France) and Jean-Louis Torrecillas (Beauvais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle trim component and a production process for the component. The trim component includes: a thermocompressed support panel provided with an opening and a peripheral edge surrounding the opening; an airbag guiding part having a channel arranged in the opening of the support panel, a flap at least partially closing a first end of the channel, and a collar ar...