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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph J. Davis, Jr., Ortonville, MI (US);
Michael J. Hier, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/514 ; B29C 7/076 ; B29C 7/080 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/514 ; B29C 7/076 ; B29C 7/080 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a modular plate for a cockpit-type instruments panel includes molding a modular plate having an outer peripheral rim and a plurality of apertures in a first shot of an two-shot injection molding process, and then overmolding a plurality of seals about the outer rim and at least one aperture during a second shot of the two-shot process.