Vehicle interior assembly with tambour door
AssigneeFaurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
InventorsHugo Piccin, Julien Rea, Adrián Balbuena Méndez, Maxime Leclercq
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Abstract
A vehicle interior assembly includes a tambour door that is moveable along end guides between an open position and a closed position. The tambour door includes a plurality of slats interconnected by a unidirectional cord embedded in a plastic material of each one of the slats. The cord, such as yarn of aramid fibers can be molded-in to each one of the slats to simplified formation of the articulated joints between slats.
Claims20
A vehicle interior assembly comprising a tambour door that is moveable along end guides of the assembly between an open position and a closed position, the tambour door comprising a plurality of discrete slats interconnected by a unidirectional cord embedded in a plastic material of each one of the slats,
- wherein the cord is molded-in to each one of the slats,
- wherein the cord comprises synthetic fibers, and
- wherein the synthetic fibers have a glass transition temperature higher than said plastic material.
A vehicle interior assembly comprising a tambour door that is moveable along end guides of the assembly between an open position and a closed position, the tambour door comprising a plurality of discrete slats interconnected by a unidirectional cord embedded in a plastic material of each one of the slats,
- wherein the cord is molded-in to each one of the slats,
- wherein the cord comprises synthetic fibers, and
- wherein the synthetic fibers have a higher melting point than said plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.