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US 8,275,146 B2Granted
Trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device
AssigneeMagna International Inc.
InventorsDaniel V. Beckley, Victor Evjen
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Abstract
A trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device, the trim panel assembly comprising a trim panel, and a voice coil, wherein at least a portion of the voice coil is partially embedded within a surface of the trim panel.
Claims20
A trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device having a magnet, the trim panel assembly comprising:
- a trim panel made of mold material having an inner surface and an outer surface and defining a volume of material between the inner surface and the outer surface;
- and
- a voice coil at least partially molded into the volume of material such that:
- (1) a first portion of the voice coil is embedded within the volume of material while
- (2) a second portion of the voice coil extends beyond the inner surface and is not embedded within the volume of material, wherein the voice coil is adapted to be secured to a magnet placed outside the volume of material.
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A method of manufacturing a trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device having a magnet, the panel assembly including a voice coil, the method comprising:
- placing the voice coil in a mold;
- placing a predetermined amount of a material within the mold;
- and
- molding the voice coil with the predetermined amount of material into a trim panel such that:
- (1) a first portion of the coil assembly becomes at least partially embedded within the trim panel directly by the mold material while
- (2) a second portion of the coil assembly extends beyond an exterior surface of the trim panel and is not embedded within the trim panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.