B - Operations – Transporting – 29 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
29
C
B29C 51/10 (2006.01) B29C 44/06 (2006.01) B29C 44/14 (2006.01) B29C 51/12 (2006.01) B29C 51/14 (2006.01) B29C 51/36 (2006.01) B29C 70/48 (2006.01) B29C 70/68 (2006.01) B60R 13/02 (2006.01) B60R 21/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2159211
A method of making an interior panel of an automotive vehicle door having an exterior surface which is to face toward the interior of the automotive vehicle when installed therein. An apparatus utilized in the method comprises a mold assembly including a first vacuum mold component (24) having a mold surface shaped to form the exterior surface of an upper section of the door panel, a second non-vacuum mold component (48) cooperable in side-by-side relation with the first vacuum mold component having a mold surface shaped to form the exterior surface of a lower section of the door panel and a third non-vacuum mold component (68) cooperable in opposed relation with the first and second mold components having a mold surface shaped to form the entire opposite surface of the door panel. The method comprises the steps of heating a laminated sheet, and vacuum forming the heated sheet in the first vacuum mold component. Next, a seal (46) is formed along a marginal edge of the vinyl sheet with an elongated sealing surface at a side of the first vacuum mold component which cooperates in side-by-side relation with the second non-vacuum mold component. Thereafter, a substrate is molded and bonded with the vacuum formed laminate sheet to form a panel in which the substrate defines (1) an opposite surface of the panel having a shape corresponding to the mold surface of the third mold component and (2) an exterior surface of the panel having a shape corresponding to the mold surface of the second mold component. Finally, a rug-like panel is adhered to the exterior surface of the substrate.
Atoma International Inc.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
LandOfFree
Method and apparatus for molding a vehicle panel and panel... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for molding a vehicle panel and panel..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for molding a vehicle panel and panel... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1777122