Patent · US Expired

Method of molding a vehicle lamp assembly

US5275764A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 4, 1991
Grant dateJan 4, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/30
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved lamp assembly for a motor vehicle and a method for molding same is provided in which a one-piece lamp having one or more colors or reflective means integrated in a single lens panel and frame is molded in a single plastic injection process. In the process, one or more colored or reflective elements are placed between two mold segments, the mold segments are closed, and a plastic is injected into the mold cavity in bonding securement of the colored or reflective elements.

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