Apparatus and method for manufacturing interior part of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsByung Seok Kong, Jong Sik Bae, Hee Jun Jeong
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing an interior part of a vehicle may include a pressure sensor disposed at a position on a surface of a base of the interior part at which a foaming pressure of a foam material is detected, a tube controlling an expanding pressure, disposed on a surface of a skin layer of the interior part to press against the base, and a tube pressure controller for controlling the expanding pressure of the tube, which causes the skin layer to be pressed to the surface of the base, relative to the foaming pressure of the foam material detected by the pressure sensor during foaming of the foam material, to block leakage of the foam material.
Claims9
An apparatus for manufacturing an interior part of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pressure sensor disposed at a position on a surface of a base of the interior part at which a foaming pressure of a foam material is detected;
- a tube exerting an expanding pressure, wherein the tube is disposed on a surface of a skin layer of the interior part to press against the base with the expanding pressure;
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- a tube pressure controller for controlling the expanding pressure of the tube, wherein the expanding pressure of the tube is controlled to be higher than the foaming pressure of the foam material and causes the skin layer to be pressed to the surface of the base relative to the foaming pressure of the foam material detected by the pressure sensor during foaming of the foam material, to block leakage of the foam material.
A method of manufacturing an interior part of a vehicle, comprising:
- disposing a tube controlling an expanding pressure to a position on a surface of a skin layer of an interior part at which a base of the interior part is pressed;
- detecting a foaming pressure of a foam material disposed between the base and the skin layer of an interior part crash pad during foaming of the foam material;
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- controlling the expanding pressure of the tube, to be higher than the foaming pressure of the foam material and to cause the skin layer to be pressed to the base, to such a degree as to discharge air and to block leakage of the foam material during foaming of the foam material, based on the detected foaming pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.