Introduction of a Castable Thermoplastic Urethane Material for Instrument Panel Coverstock 980063
Textron Automotive has developed a new thermoplastic castable aliphatic urethane for an instrument panel with a seamless passenger side air bag on a 1998 North American vehicle. This material was developed to meet the increased temperature range demands for a top mount seamless or invisible passenger side air bag instrument panel.
Traditional castable thermoplastic materials were developed to meet aesthetic requirements until the advent of passenger side air bags forced the instrument panel to become a functional component. Conventional coverstock materials cannot meet the -40°C and 120°C air bag deployment conditions that are proposed.
Citation: Hersman, M., Humphrey, W., Marshall, M., and Farrington, S., "Introduction of a Castable Thermoplastic Urethane Material for Instrument Panel Coverstock," SAE Technical Paper 980063, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/980063. Download Citation
Author(s):
Marie J. Hersman, William Humphrey, Mary Marshall, Steve Farrington
Affiliated:
Textron Automotive Company
Pages: 5
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advances in Instrument Panel Design-SP-1343
Related Topics:
Airbag systems
Instrument panels
Thermoplastics
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