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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Shoichi Itoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shozo Yabushita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automotive interior component consisting of a resin core member having a required shape and a surface skin member for imparting a favorable surface property thereto in which a peripheral portion of the surface skin member is folded back and secured onto a reverse surface of a resin core member in a quick and reliable manner without using any bonding agent, and a device and method for manufacturing the same. By blowing hot air produced from an annular hot air supply pipe arranged along a reverse surface of the peripheral portion of the resin core member and a reverse surface of the folded back portion of the surface skin member which is combined with the resin core member as a half-finished assembly, the folded back portion of the surface skin member is thermally welded and secured to the reverse surface of the resin core member.