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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Derren Woods, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bari Brown, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan Mowery, Albion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/34 (2006.01); B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/18 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/63 (2006.01); B29C 45/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/34 (2013.01); B29C 45/0053 (2013.01); B29C 45/174 (2013.01); B29C 45/1816 (2013.01); B29C 45/63 (2013.01); B29C 45/0025 (2013.01); B29C 45/401 (2013.01); B29C 2045/0079 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a thin-walled skin includes coating at least one side of a mold cavity of a molding tool, evacuating air from the mold cavity, and filling the mold cavity with a molten polymeric resin. Among other optional variations of the disclosed method, an inert gas is injected into the molten polymeric resin simultaneously with the step of filling the mold cavity with a molten polymeric resin. As a result, high quality, large, thin-walled skins are produced by the teachings of the present disclosure.