Method for manufacturing cockpit-type instrument panels
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJoseph J. Davis, Jr., Michael J. Hier
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a modular plate for a cockpit-type instruments panel includes molding a modular plate having an outer peripheral rim and a plurality of apertures in a first shot of an two-shot injection molding process, and then overmolding a plurality of seals about the outer rim and at least one aperture during a second shot of the two-shot process.
Claims18
A method for manufacturing a cockpit-type instrument panel having a modular plate, the modular plate having a plurality of apertures therethrough and an outer rim, the method comprising;
- providing a two-shot injection molding mold;
- injection molding a first material to form the cockpit modular plate in a first shot in the mold;
- and
- injection molding a second material about the cockpit modular plate to simultaneously form separate seals about at least one aperture and about the cockpit modular outer rim of the plate in a second shot in the mold.
A method of manufacturing a modular plate section of a prefabricated cockpit assembly that is adapted to be secured to a firewall, the method comprising:
- injecting a first type of material during a first shot of a two-shot injection molding process into a two-shot injection molding mold to form the modular plate with an outer rim and a plurality of apertures;
- and
- injecting a second type of material during a second shot of the two-shot injection molding process after a cam of the injection molding mold has been actuated to create relief cavities into which the second type of material flows to simultaneously form separate seals about the outer rim and at least one of the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.