Method of making a door panel having a decorative insert
OwnerKevin Allen Kieltyka, Giancarlo Granata +3inventors
InventorsKevin Allen Kieltyka, Giancarlo Granata, Joseph Bonafiglia, DuWayne McDowell, Srinivas Kotha
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Abstract
The present invention provides a door panel having a decorative insert integrally attached to the door panel. In one embodiment, the method of forming the door panel comprises forming the decorative insert by preheating a substrate and placing a coverskin on top of the substrate. The substrate and the, coverskin are subject to a compression molding process to form the decorative insert. The decorative insert is then disposed inside a second molding tool and a plastic material is injected into the cavity of the second molding tool. The plastic material then forms the door panel.
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A method of making a door panel having a decorative insert integrally attached to the door panel in an interior of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- forming the decorative insert in a first molding tool;
- removing the decorative insert from the first molding tool;
- disposing the decorative insert inside a cavity of a second molding tool;
- injecting a plastic material into the cavity of the second molding tool;
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- bonding the door panel to the decorative insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.