Trim panel for a motor vehicle
AssigneeTreves Products, Services & Innovation
InventorsChristophe Gillet, Jérôme Herat, Eric Brillon, Anthony Ellis
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Abstract
The invention is a trim panel having a moulded structural core. The core has two edges connected to each other along a joint, the joint is convex and radiated. The edges are connected to each other gradually, and the core has a back face and a front face. The front face is coated with a glued front coating, the coating having a peripheral edging folded against the periphery of the back face. The back face is provided, in the vicinity of the joint, with a plurality of substantially straight grooves arranged in a fan, the grooves receiving, glued therein, the folds formed in the edging in the vicinity of the joint.
Claims7
A trim panel for a motor vehicle, the panel comprising a moulded structural core,
- the core having two edges connected to each other along a joint,
- the joint is convex and radiated wherein the edges are connected to each other gradually,
- the core has a back face and a front face, the front face being coated with a glued carpet based front coating, the coating having a peripheral edging folded against the periphery of the back face,
- the panel wherein:
- the back face is provided, in the vicinity of the joint, with a plurality of substantially straight grooves arranged in a fan,
- the grooves receive, glued therein, the folds formed in the edging in the vicinity of the joint, the back face is further provided with a peripheral slot extending along and at a distance from the edge of the face, a portion of the edging being inserted into the slot to be hidden,
- and wherein the grooves of the back face open into the peripheral slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.