Method of making a colored automotive trim product

Details Method of making a colored automotive trim product Method of making a colored automotive trim product

2006-02-28

2006-02-28

Lee, Edmund H. (Department: 1732)

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes

Direct application of fluid pressure differential to...

Producing multilayer work or article

C264S553000, C264S210100, C264S247000, C264S250000, C425S127000, C425S388000

Reexamination Certificate

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07005103

ABSTRACT:
An automotive trim product is made as follows. A single or multiple layer sheet is extruded so as to include at least one color pigmented and/or metallized layer therein. The sheet is then thermoformed into a three-dimensionally shaped preform via vacuum forming or the like. The preform is placed into a cavity of an injection molding apparatus and heated semi-molten material is injected thereinto. The semi-molten material bonds to the preform in the cavity. After cycling, the molding apparatus ejects a final automotive trim part. Optionally, some processing (e.g. trimming) may be performed following ejection.

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