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US 10,377,068 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for non-woven trim panels
AssigneeInteva Products, LLC
InventorsKevin Mark Lyons, Edward J. Wenzel
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Abstract
A method of forming a trim panel is provided. The method includes the steps of: heating a non-woven material to a predetermined temperature; applying a decorative film having perforations to a first surface of the heated material to create a bilaminate; placing the bilaminate layer into a cavity of a tool such that the decorative film is facing the cavity; heating the cavity; and injecting a thermoplastic resin into the tool such that the thermoplastic resin is adhered to a second surface of the material, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
Claims5
A trim panel (38), comprising:
- a non-woven material (12);
- a decorative film (18) applied to a first surface of the non-woven material (12) wherein the film has perforations having an area of 1.0×10−5 to 4.0×10−5, a perforation density of 200 to 350 perforations per square inch, and a porosity of 0.25% to 0.90%;
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- a thermoplastic resin (33) secured to at least a portion of a second surface of the non-woven material (12), the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.