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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10279512 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2015

Method of making a laminated trim component at a molding station

Applicant:

Global Ip Holdings, Llc, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Inventors:

Darius J Preisler, Macomb, MI (US);

Christopher A. Heikkila, Washington Township, MI (US);

Steven A. Mitchell, Linden, MI (US);

Assignee:

Global IP Holdings, LLC, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew J Daniels

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/20 (2006.01); B29C 43/14 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B29C 43/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 623/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/10 (2006.01); B29C 43/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/146 (2013.01); B29C 43/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 37/182 (2013.01); B29C 43/10 (2013.01); B29C 2043/182 (2013.01); B29C 2043/563 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2623/12 (2013.01); B29K 2715/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3014 (2013.01); B32B 2305/022 (2013.01); B32B 2323/10 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of making a laminated trim component at a molding station is provided. A heated plastic composite sheet is pressed against a heated laminated sheet to bond a plastic cushioning layer of the laminated sheet to the plastic composite sheet at the molding station. The step of pressing compresses a portion of the laminated sheet spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the laminated sheet to locally compact and thin the cushioning layer at the portion to form a compressed portion of the cushioning layer. A plastic compatible with the plastic of the composite sheet is molded around the composite sheet to form at least one component at the inner surface of the composite sheet at the molding station.

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