Toledo Molding & Die, Inc.

Peter Ermie, Jr

Erich James Vorenkamp

Charles David Satarino

Karthik Jayakumar

Christopher Paul Durand

Disclosed is a method to form arbitrarily shaped, uniform, lightweight, thermally insulating and acoustically absorptive automotive components with controllable density, thickness, porosity, and surface integrity. The method is based on natural cellulosic fibers such as those found in cardboard and paper and uses a thermoplastic fiber and particle slurry to form fusible components. The method produces components having the benefit of commercially available thermoformed fiber mats or open-cell extruded foam components with excellent acoustical properties, enhanced thermal insulation, and are light weight, which limits engine inefficiency, and the high cost of such products so as to allow large scale implementation.

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Perrysburg, OH, United States of America

Peter Ermie, Jr