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US 2024/0342969 A1Published application
Method of producing a cover for a vehicle roof
OwnerRobert KOCHinventor
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Abstract
A method of producing a cover for optionally opening or tightly closing an opening in a vehicle roof, the cover having a sheet and a peripheral overmolding. According to the method, a coating is applied in a region which is later visible and which is to be covered, to a portion on the transparent sheet adjacent to the peripheral overmolding to be applied, and the coating is removed once the peripheral overmolding has been applied.
Claims15
A method of producing a cover for elective opening or firm closing of an opening in a vehicle roof, wherein the cover has a transparent sheet and a foam edging, comprising
- applying a coating atop a region to be covered on the transparent sheet that is to be visible at a later stage, adjacent to the foam edging to be foamed,
- introducing the transparent sheet into an open mold such that an edge region of the sheet is disposed in a cavity of the mold for formation of foam edging on the sheet,
- closing the mold,
- injecting a polymer or polymer foam into the cavity to form the foam edging of the cover,
- opening the mold and removing the cover from the mold, and
- then removing the coating.
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