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Integrated sunshade design

  • US 8,663,535 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2011
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of making a trim panel for an automobile door including a sunshade, and a trim panel for an automobile door not including a sunshade, from the same molding equipment, the method comprising the steps of:

  • molding a non-sunshade trim panel using a plastic mold apparatus having a hydraulic slide in a retracted position, the first trim panel having a body with first and second ends, a door side surface extending between the first and second ends, and a door upper surface extending away from the door side surface;

    advancing the hydraulic slide to an extended position for producing a sunshade trim panel;

    molding a sunshade trim panel using the plastic mold apparatus with the hydraulic slide in the extended position, the sunshade trim panel having a body with first and second ends, a door side surface extending between the first and second ends, and a door upper surface extending away from the door side surface;

    wherein the door upper panel of the non-sunshade trim panel extends further from the door side surface than does the door upper surface of the sunshade trim panel.

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