Process for manufacture of decorated panels for vehicle interiors
US5639329A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24612
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for forming decorative panels for automobile interiors uses a compression press, a grooved stationary platen die and a movable platen die with a metal blade edging mounted thereon. The blade edging has a peripheral shape matching the outer wall of the groove in the stationary platen die section, and the contour of the movable platen die matches the contour of the stationary die and a formed decorative panel having a downturned edge of the same peripheral shape as the groove and blade. This downturned edge becomes embedded in a sheet of mounting panel stock upon closing of the compression press.
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