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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahito Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Nobuhiro Usui, Takatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/318 ; B29C 4/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/318 ; B29C 4/514 ;
Abstract
An instrument panel is provided having a skin material integrally bonded to the surface of a thermoplastic resin core material. The panel is obtained by feeding the skin material to a cavity between a pair of male and female molds having been designed so as to give a desired instrument panel shape, and press-molding a molten thermoplastic resin after or while feeding the molten thermoplastic resin to the cavity between the skin material and the male mold or the female mold. Brackets are formed integrally, by press-molding, with the core material resin on opposing end portions and at a back portion of the instrument panel.