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US 2025/0170764 A1Published application
Pass-through back injection composite mats and mat features
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsKarun Balachandran, Sepehr Rostamzadeh, Shakeel Theodore, Alessandro Bernardis
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Abstract
In some disclosed examples, a structure can include a panel having a first side and a second side and can comprise a permeable matrix. The structure can also include a feature coupled to the panel by being injection molded from the second side and passing through the permeable matrix to the first side.
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A structure comprising:
- a panel having a first side and a second side and comprising a permeable matrix;
- and
- at least one feature coupled to the panel by being injection molded from the second side and passing through the permeable matrix to the first side.
A structure comprising:
- a single-piece molded matrix comprising:
- at least one first section having a first thickness;
- and
- at least one second section formed integrally with the at least one first section and having a second thickness that is thinner than the first thickness, the at least one second section forming at least one living hinge within the single-piece molded matrix.
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A method comprising:
- loading a panel having a first side and a second side and comprising a permeable matrix into an injection tool;
- providing a mold facing the first side of the panel, the mold defining at least one feature to be formed by material injected into the mold;
- injecting, by the injection tool, the material through the permeable matrix so that the material passes through the permeable matrix from the second side to the first side by the injecting;
- and
- setting the material that has been injected through the permeable matrix within the mold to form the at least one feature and couple the at least one feature to the panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.