One-piece decorative trim bezel having plural unpainted finishes
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorHaoliang Michael Sun
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorHaoliang Michael Sun
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A one-piece trim bezel formed from multiple components. In the event of two co-molded components, the first co-molded part is composed of a polymerized material having an unpainted surface that may be a high gloss smooth surface or a textured low gloss surface and the second co-molded part, formed with the first part, is composed of a plateable plastic material. The second co-molded part is co-molded with the said first co-molded part to form a single piece trim bezel. The color of the polymerized material of the first co-molded part may be selected from a variety of colors. The plateable plastic material may be plateable with chrome. A multiple-shot injection molding process is used to form the one-piece trim bezel which joins the first co-molded part and the second co-molded part in one operation. The formed part is then subjected to a plating process during which time the chrome only deposits on the surface of the plateable plastic material of the second co-molded part while the surface of the first co-molded part remains unplated.
A single piece trim bezel formed from multiple co-molded components comprising:
A single piece trim bezel formed from multiple co-molded components comprising:
A method for forming a single piece trim bezel including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.