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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Richard Gall, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Dave Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods for preparing thermoplastic automotive appliques include applying heat from an auxiliary heater to a tool cavity of a forming tool. The auxiliary heater is activated for a period of time until a temperature of the heated tool cavity is heated to less than or equal to about a melting temperature of the thermoplastic. The heated tool cavity is filled with the thermoplastic, and a cooling fluid is pulsed through the forming tool. The thermoplastic applique is then removed, and the supply of cooling fluid is turned off.