Door trim assembly and method of making same
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEric Ransford Hansen, Arthur Carl Stein, Brian Hale Staser, Pamela Lane Codd
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Abstract
A door trim assembly and method for making same for attachment to an inner panel of an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of components and a single carrier formed from a plastic material for attachment to the inner panel of the automotive vehicle and incorporating the plurality of components into the plastic material and a door trim substrate attached to the carrier.
Claims12
A door trim assembly for attachment to an inner panel for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- at least one component;
- a single carrier formed from a plastic material for attachment to the inner panel of the automotive vehicle and incorporating the at least one component into the plastic material;
- and
- a door trim substrate attached to said carrier, said carrier being disposed within said door trim substrate between said door trim substrate and the inner panel of the door.
A door trim assembly for attachment to an inner panel of a door on an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of components;
- a carrier made of expanded polypropylene and incorporating said components and adapted to mount on the inner panel of the door;
- and
- a plastic door trim substrate attached to said carrier, said door trim substrate conforming to a shape of said carrier and said carrier being disposed within said door trim substrate between said door trim substrate and the inner panel of the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.