Vehicle headliner

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2005-05-24

2005-05-24

Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Roof structure

C296S211000, C029S897200

Reexamination Certificate

active

06896321

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle headliner including a shell having a first layer made of a polymeric resin sheet with glass fibers interspersed within the resin sheet, and a second layer of fibrous material having sound attenuating properties. In a preferred method of manufacturing the shell of a headliner the first and second layers are heated such that the temperature of the first layer is different than the temperature of the second layer. The first and second layers are then inserted into a mold having a desired contoured shape. The first and second layers are then compressed together to bond the layers, thereby forming the shell.

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