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Method for manufacturing a panel

US4849277A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 1987
Grant dateJul 18, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24826
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a panel (1, 21, 70, 71), for example an automobile panel such as a reclining backrest, loading floor, roof, door, engine hood, trunk lid and the like, which is characterized in that a prefabricated filling (5, 45) of foam plastic is placed in a mold cavity (59) between two layers (3, 4; 63, 64) of reinforced plastic, and that in a pressing process using heat and pressure said two layers of reinforced plastic are fused to each other while they enclose the foam plastic; and preferably the filling (5, 45) of foam plastic has at least one passage (10, 30, 31, 68), and that during the pressing process both the layers (3, 4; 63, 64) of reinforced plastic are fused to each other at the location of the passage (10, 30, 31, 68). And further the invention relates to a panel manufactured under application of the method.

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