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US 9,066,577 B1Granted
Injection molded part
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsJens Stoerkel, Harald De Buhr, Lutz Voigtmann, Roland Heckenthaler
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Abstract
The invention relates to an injection molded part with a basic body 1 injection-molded from plastic, on the surface 2 of which a decoration 4 is two-dimensionally applied and is covered by an encapsulation 7 of plastic by a second injection-molding operation. The basic body 1 consists of a transparent plastic and the decoration 4 is applied with its visible side 5 to the surface 2 of the basic body 1.
Claims24
An injection molded part comprising:
- a body injection-molded from a first plastic, the body having a decoration-bearing surface, wherein the body comprises a plastic selected from the group consisting of transparent material, opaque material, translucent material, and any combination thereof;
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- a decoration having a decorative visible side and a rear side, wherein the decoration is applied with the visible side to the decoration-bearing surface of the body, such that the decorative visible side is protected from damage during a subsequent injection-molded encapsulation of a second plastic covering the decoration, and wherein the decoration-bearing surface is convexly curved.
A method of injection molding a part, the method comprising:
- injection molding a body from a first plastic, the body comprising a transparent or translucent plastic, the body having a convex surface configured to receive at least a two-dimensional decoration thereon;
- applying the at least two-dimensional decoration to the convex surface of the body, the decoration having a decorative visible side and a rear side, wherein the decoration is applied with its decorative visible side to the convex surface of the body, such that the decorative visible side is visible through the body, wherein the surface bearing the decoration is convexly curved;
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- covering the applied decoration with an encapsulating layer of a second plastic, the second plastic injection molded over the rear side of the decoration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.