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Abstract

Methods for making inflatable interior panel arrangements for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a method for making inflatable interior panel arrangement for a motor vehicle includes introducing a molding material into a molding tool that has tooling surfaces. The molding material is contacted with a first tooling surface of the tooling surfaces having a tooling surface temperature different than tooling surface tempe. The molding tool is closed such that the tooling surfaces define a substantially enclosed cavity in the molding tool. An inflatable interior panel is formed comprising rotating the molding tool to cover the tooling surfaces of the substantially enclosed cavity with the molding material. The inflatable interior panel comprises an inflatable bladder section and an outer panel section that is integrally coupled to the inflatable bladder section and that has a panel portion stiffness greater than a bladder portion stiffness of the inflatable bladder section.

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