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US 6,475,576 B1Granted
Reinforced interior trim panel assembly and method
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMansour Ashtiani, David Wayne Whitehead
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Abstract
A reinforced interior trim panel assembly and method of making same for attachment to structure of a vehicle includes a reinforcement and a carrier formed from a plastic material for attachment to the structure of the vehicle and incorporating the reinforcement within the plastic material.
Claims10
A reinforced interior trim panel assembly for attachment to structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a reinforcement comprising an open mesh;
- and
- a carrier formed from an expanded plastic material for attachment to the structure of the vehicle and incorporating the reinforcement within the plastic material.
A reinforced thermoplastic bead molded interior door trim panel assembly for attachment to a door of a vehicle comprising:
- a reinforcement comprising an open wire mesh;
- and
- a carrier molded from expanded thermoplastic beads for attachment to the door of the vehicle and incorporating said reinforcement within said expanded thermoplastic beads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.