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Interior automotive panels and method of making thereof

US9233651B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

28Claims

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Inventors

Steven D. McClintock · South Lyon, US
Michael A. West · Manhattan Beach, US
Ryan R. Case · Pinckney, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2011
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2013/0281
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of making an interior automotive panel. The method includes placing at least one three dimensional panel component on a first mold component having a mold surface shaped to form the exterior surface of the interior automotive panel. The at least one three-dimensional panel component has an exterior surface in contact with the mold surface. The method includes registering a registration feature of the at least one three-dimensional panel component with a groove defined by the mold surface of the first mold component and positioning a second mold component in registered communication with the first mold component. Together the first and second mold components define a void in the shape of the interior automotive panel. The method includes injecting resin into the void and removing a formed interior automotive panel from the first and second molds, the interior automotive panel having multiple surfaces of different surface qualities.

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