Tooling systems and methods to form decorative material on a work-piece
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXuezhi Jin, Wei Xu, Jed Li
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Abstract
A tooling system to form decorative material on a work-piece comprises a first mold and a second mold to receive and work-piece and the decorative material, a support configured to detachably connect the work-piece. The first mold includes a first lower mold piece, and a first left upper mold piece and a first right upper mold piece, and the second mold includes a second lower mold piece, and a second left upper mold piece and a second right upper mold piece. The support is configured to move the work-piece into or out the first and second molds consecutively during a process to form two layers of decorative material on the work-piece.
Claims20
A tooling system to form decorative material on a work-piece, comprising:
- a first mold and a second mold to receive a work-piece and the decorative material, wherein the first mold includes a first lower mold piece, and a first left upper mold piece and a first right upper mold piece, and the second mold includes a second lower mold piece, and a second left upper mold piece and a second right upper mold piece;
- a support configured to detachably connect the work-piece,
- wherein the support is configured to move the work-piece into or out the first and second molds consecutively during a process to form the decorative material on the work-piece.
A tooling system to form decorative material on work-pieces of a vehicle, comprising:
- a support, wherein the support includes a first end, a second end, a third end and a fourth end arranged consecutively, and wherein the first, second, third and fourth ends are connected to four work-pieces;
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- a first mold and a second mold corresponding the second end and the third end, respectively, wherein each of the first mold and the second mold includes a lower mold piece, a left upper mold piece and a right upper mold piece,
- wherein the support is configured to be moveable and the first, second, third and fourth ends stop at positions of the first mold and the second mold, consecutively.
A method to form at least two decorative material layers on a work-piece, comprising:
- securing the work-piece on a support;
- moving the support to place the work-piece into a first mold and covering a first decorative layer on the work-piece to form a first semi-finished product;
- moving the support further to place the first semi-finished product into a second mold and covering a second decorative layer on the first semi-finished product to form a second semi-finished product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.