Trim panel
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A multi-material or multi-color molded article and a method of making the same is provided. The molded article comprises an integrated molded member having at least a first portion made of a first resin and a second portion made of a second resin. The integrated molded member may have additional portions as well. The method comprises providing a mold having a first mold section (24), a second mold section (22), and a retractor member (26), injecting a first resin (18) into a first cavity defined by the first mold section (24), the second mold section (22), and the retractor member (26), moving the retractor member (26) to define a second cavity (23) wherein the second cavity (23) is defined by the first mold section (24), the second mold section (22), the retractor member (26), and the first resin (18), and injecting a second resin (20) into the second cavity (23).
68 Citations
62 Claims
-
1-37. -37. (canceled)
-
38. A method of making a molded article for a vehicle interior, the method comprising:
-
providing a mold having a first mold section, a second mold section, and a shut-off member, the shut-off member movable between a first position and a second position and comprising a forward surface, a first side surface, a second side surface that shares an edge with the forward surface, and an angled surface that extends between the forward surface and the first side surface;
injecting a first resin into a first cavity which is defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, and the first side surface of the shut-off member when in the first position;
moving the shut-off member to define a second cavity defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first resin, the second side surface of the shut-off member, and the angled surface of the shut-off member when in the second position; and
injecting a second resin into the second cavity and forming an angled recess in the molded article having an upper surface provided by the angled surface of the shut-off member, wherein the upper surface is provided at a sufficiently flat angle relative to vertical by the angled surface of the shut-off member to obscure the interface between the first resin and the second resin from an occupant of the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
-
-
44. A method of making a molded article, the method comprising:
-
providing a mold having a first mold section, a second mold section, a first shut off member and a second shut-off member, the shut-off members are each separately movable between a first position and a second position;
injecting a first resin into a first cavity which is defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first shut-off member in the first position, and the second shut-off member in the first position;
moving the first shut-off member to the second position to define a second cavity without moving the first mold section relative to the second mold section wherein the second cavity is defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first material and the first shut-off member in the second position;
moving the second shut-off member to the second position to define a third cavity without moving the first mold section relative to the second mold section wherein the third cavity is defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first material, and the second shut-off member in the second position;
injecting a second resin into the second cavity; and
injecting a third resin into the third cavity. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
-
-
61. A method of making a molded article for a vehicle interior, the method comprising:
-
providing a mold having a first mold section, a second mold section, a first shut off member and a second shut-off member, the shut-off members are each separately movable between a first position and a second position;
injecting a first resin into a first cavity defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first shut-off member in the first position, and the second shut-off member in the first position;
moving the first shut-off member to the second position and moving the second shut-off member to the second position to define a second cavity defined by the first mold section, the second mold section, the first material, the first shut-off member in the second position, and the second shut-off member in the second position;
injecting a second resin into the second cavity. - View Dependent Claims (62)
-
Specification