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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Carl Henry Visconti, Clarkston, MI (US);
Michael William Jary, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of making an interior trim panel for attachment to structure of a vehicle includes the steps of loading a trim blank into a cavity of a mold and loading an edge of the trim blank on a movable slide of the mold. The method also includes the steps of depositing a molten thermoplastic material onto a core of the mold and partially closing the mold. The method further includes the steps of moving the slide into a channel of the core, completely closing the mold, and forcing the molten plastic material into a down-turned flange area of the mold to form the interior trim panel with a down-turned flange.