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Patent No.:

US 12746713 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2024

Vehicle interior panel with reinforcing layer and related method

Applicant:

Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn, MI (US);

Inventor:

Carlos Gerardo Lopez Martinez, Puebla, MX;

Assignee:

Faurecia Interior Systems USA Holdings, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:

Reising Ethington P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Lawrence D Ferguson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14065 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 9/025 (2013.01); B32B 9/046 (2013.01); B32B 9/047 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3038 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle interior panel for use over an airbag includes a reinforcing layer overmolded with a molding material during a substrate molding operation. The substrate molding tool includes an extendable and retractable slide configured to clamp opposing edge portions of the reinforcing layer to a clamping surface of the tool to secure the reinforcing layer in a cavity of the molding tool to prevent unwanted movement of the layer when subjected to high pressure and high viscosity molding material when the mold cavity is filled. The opposing edge portions of the reinforcing layer are provided along separate pieces of the layer and/or along one or more openings formed through the layer.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lopez Martinez, Carlos. (2026). Vehicle interior panel with reinforcing layer and related method (U.S. Patent No. 12746713). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12746713

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