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US 8,475,017 B2Granted
Hidden lamp manufacture process
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Chi Li, Denis Patrick Igoe, Jeffrey Singer, Cornel Lewis Gardner
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Abstract
A method for making a vehicle interior panel including positioning a slipsheet on a film or fabric liner. The liner is placed on a substrate board. The liner and substrate board are formed into an interior panel. A cavity is formed by removing a portion of the substrate board from the interior panel adjacent to the slipsheet position. A lamp is positioned in the cavity.
Claims20
A method for making a vehicle interior panel comprising:
- positioning a slipsheet on a liner;
- placing the liner on a substrate board;
- forming the liner and substrate board into an interior panel;
- forming a cavity by removing a portion of the substrate board from the interior panel adjacent to the slipsheet position;
- and
- positioning a lamp in the cavity.
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A method for making a vehicle interior panel comprising:
- forming an interior panel with a liner, a substrate, and a removable slipsheet disposed therebetween;
- removing a portion of the substrate adjacent to the slipsheet to form a cavity;
- positioning a lamp in the cavity;
- and
- displaying a visual indicator on an interior side of the interior panel that denotes the position of the lamp behind the liner.
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A method of positioning a vehicle lamp comprising:
- forming an interior panel from a liner and a substrate board;
- forming a cavity in the interior panel by removing a portion of the substrate board from the liner;
- positioning a lamp in the cavity;
- and
- displaying a visual indicator on an interior side of the interior panel that denotes the position of the lamp behind the liner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.