Interior trim part
AssigneeJohnson Controls Interiors GmbH & Co. KG
InventorRudiger Michler
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the production of a component, in particular an interior trim part for a motor vehicle, in which a planar decor film (1) is three-dimensionally preformed by deep drawing in a deep-drawing tool and then, in an injection molding tool, the back side of the decor film (1) is provided with a plastic support. According to the invention, the deep drawing of the decor film (1) is carried out by a combination tool (5) directly in the injection mold. The invention also relates to a component produced in this manner, in particular an interior trim part for a motor vehicle.
Claims13
A method for producing a component for use as an trim part in a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a two-dimensional decorative film;
- three-dimensionally preforming the decorative film by thermoforming the decorative film in a thermoforming mold:
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- subsequently providing the rear side of the decorative film with a plastic support in an injection mold wherein the thermoforming of the decorative film takes place in a combination mold in the injection mold.
The method of claim 45 further comprising the step of forming the plastic support by laminating of the plastics materials when the mold halves are closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.