Vehicle trim component
AssigneeShanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
InventorsBart W. Fox, Jeffrey A. Deyoung, Tony M. Pokorzynski
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is provided that includes disposing a fiber panel onto a first surface of a mold cavity. The method also includes compressing the fiber panel between the first surface and a second surface of the mold cavity to form the fiber panel into a desired shape. The method further includes injecting resin into the mold cavity to fill at least one void between the first surface and the second surface adjacent to the fiber panel.
Claims20
A vehicle trim component comprising a fiber panel compression formed into a structural substrate prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
- heating the fiber panel;
- disposing the fiber panel onto a first surface of a mold cavity;
- compressing the fiber panel between the first surface and a second surface of the mold cavity as the fiber panel cools to form the fiber panel into a compression formed component (a) having a shape wherein the shape corresponds to a first contour of the first surface and a second contour of the second surface and (b) comprising an edge providing a thickness of the structural substrate;
- injecting resin into the mold cavity after the compression formed component is formed to fill at least one void between the first surface and the second surface adjacent to the compression formed component and along the thickness of the structural substrate;
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- removing the vehicle trim component comprising the structural substrate from the mold cavity;
- wherein the resin injected into the mold cavity forms a border at the edge of the compression formed component providing the thickness of the structural substrate.
A vehicle trim component comprising a fiber panel compression formed in a mold cavity prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
- heating the fiber panel;
- placing the fiber panel into the mold cavity;
- compressing the fiber panel in the mold cavity to form a compression formed component comprising an edge along a periphery and providing a structural substrate having a shape and a thickness along the edge;
- injecting resin into the mold cavity with the structural substrate;
- wherein the shape of the structural substrate is formed in the mold cavity;
- wherein a border of the structural substrate is formed along the thickness of the structural substrate by the resin injected into the mold cavity.
A vehicle trim component comprising a fiber panel configured to be compression formed into a structural substrate in a mold cavity comprising a first surface and a second surface prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
- heating the fiber panel;
- placing the fiber panel into the mold cavity;
- compressing the fiber panel between the first surface and the second surface of the mold cavity to form the fiber panel into a compression formed component providing the structural substrate having a shape and thickness along an edge;
- injecting resin into the mold cavity with the structural substrate;
- wherein the shape of the structural substrate is configured to be formed between the first surface of the mold cavity and the second surface of the mold cavity;
- wherein a border is formed on the structural substrate along the thickness at the edge of the structural substrate by the resin injected into the mold cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.