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US 2022/0048438 A1Published application
One-piece vehicle roof rail
AssigneeLacks Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsThomas Hawkins, Paul Nikandrou, Ryan Lacks, Nick Hrnyak
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Abstract
A roof rail for a vehicle is provided that is made of only one piece and is solid across its length. The roof rail may be made using a co-injection molding process, a two-shot injection molding process or an extrusion molding process.
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A method of forming a roof rail for a vehicle comprising:
- injection molding with at least two thermoplastic materials an elongated main body portion extending between a pair of ends, and a pair of connecting portions each at one of the ends of the main body portion, wherein the main body portion and the connecting portions are integral with one another.
A method of forming a roof rail for a vehicle comprising:
- molding an inner portion of an elongated main body portion with a first thermoplastic material, molding an outer portion of the elongated main body portion with a second thermoplastic material;
- wherein the elongated main body portion extends between a pair of ends;
- wherein a pair of connecting portions are each located at one of the ends;
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- wherein the main body portion and the connecting portions are integral with one another.
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A method of constructing a roof rail for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- performing a co-injection molding process and defining an elongated main body of an elongated roof rail extending between a pair of ends, wherein a pair of connecting portions are each located at one of the ends and integral with the elongated main body portion;
- injecting a first material into a first mold cavity to define an outer portion of the elongated main body portion;
- and
- injecting a second material into the first material in the first mold cavity to define an inner portion of the elongated main body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.