- Patent Title: IMGL of instrument panels with PSIR chutes using pressure bonding
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Application No.: US15406130Application Date: 2017-01-13
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Publication No.: US10399279B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Gregg S. Evans
- Applicant: Inoac USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Troy
- Assignee: INOAC USA, INC.
- Current Assignee: INOAC USA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Troy
- Agency: Dykema Gossett PLLC
- Main IPC: B29C65/00
- IPC: B29C65/00 ; B29C51/10 ; B29C51/18 ; B29C65/06 ; B29C65/48 ; B60R21/205 ; B60R21/215 ; B23K20/10 ; B23K20/233 ; B29C65/78 ; B29C65/02 ; B60R21/2165 ; B29L31/30 ; B23K101/00 ; B23K103/00

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an automotive interior component may include providing a cover, a substrate, a chute connected to the substrate, heating the cover, forming the cover via a negative vacuum forming tool, and supporting the substrate and chute via a buck. The method may include moving at least of the negative vacuum forming tool and the buck toward the other of the negative vacuum forming tool and the buck such that the cover and the substrate may be in contact with each other. The method may include bonding the substrate with the cover via providing pressurized fluid to a chamber of the buck to force the substrate toward the cover. The chamber may be defined by the buck and the substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170129166A1 IMGL OF INSTRUMENT PANELS WITH PSIR CHUTES USING PRESSURE BONDING Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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