Vehicle interior component and method for manufacturing vehicle interior component
AssigneeKasai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroki Nomura
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Abstract
A vehicle interior component including a plurality of functional parts and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A headliner which is a vehicle interior component includes a sheet-like core member formed of a urethane foam. The headliner has a plurality of functional parts with different functions set in a plane of the headliner. The core member has an in-plane distribution of a characteristic of the urethane foam varied corresponding to the plurality of functional parts.
Claims8
A vehicle interior component configured to cover an interior side of a vehicle body panel, the vehicle interior component comprising
- a core member being sheet-like and formed of a resin foam, wherein
- the vehicle interior component has a plurality of functional parts with different functions set in a plane of the vehicle interior component,
- the core member has an in-plane distribution of a characteristic of the resin foam varied corresponding to the plurality of functional parts, and
- the plurality of functional parts include
- a design part with formability,
- a rigidity part with rigidity, and
- a sound absorption part with sound absorption performance.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle interior component configured to cover an interior side of a vehicle body panel, the method comprising:
- a first step of injecting a resin foam liquid into a container;
- a second step of foaming the resin foam liquid in the container, to form a resin foam;
- and
- a third step of slicing the resin foam formed in the second step by a predetermined thickness to be sheet-like, wherein
- the vehicle interior component has a plurality of functional parts with different functions set in a plane of the vehicle interior component,
- the container includes a partition member partitioning inside of the container corresponding to the plurality of functional parts,
- the first step includes injecting the resin foam liquids which realize characteristics of the resin foam respectively corresponding to the functional parts into space units partitioned by the partition member, and
- the second step includes removing the partition member along with the foaming the resin foam liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.