Method of injection molding plastic automobile body parts with integral weatherable pigmented film surface
US5960527A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31935
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Automobile body parts having contoured, decorative outer surfaces are molded. The automobile body parts include a molded polymer substrate and a decorative surfacing film adhered to one side of the substrate. The decorative surfacing film includes a substantially molecularly unoriented cast polymer film formed from a weatherable polymer. Also a method for making sets of such automobile body parts for assembly into automobile bodies is taught.
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