Patent · US Expired

Front frame and method for producing it

US6312773A · kind A · utility

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6References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Zeiss · Rüsselsheim am Main, DE
Dieter Klubenspies · Kelkheim, DE
Thomas Ritter · Katy, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2000
Grant date	Nov 6, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/239
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A combination instrument (1) has a front frame (2) having a cover (7) which has a plurality of recesses (4, 5) for indicating instruments or other displays. The cover (7) is covered with a decorative element which is formed as a molding (3) and around which a section (8), which is designed as an undercut, of the front frame (2) grips. To this end, the front frame (2) is produced in an injection molding process, the molding (3) being placed into the injection mold. The connection of the molding (3) to the front frame (2) can take place such that it is invisible to someone looking at it, thereby enabling an attractive, visual appearance and simultaneously reliable way of fixing it to be achieved.

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