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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Larry J. Winget, Leonard, MI (US);
Darius J. Preisler, Macomb, MI (US);
Jason T. Murar, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Larry J. Winget, Leonard, MI (US);
Darius J. Preisler, Macomb, MI (US);
Jason T. Murar, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Cadence Innovation LLC., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing a painted plastic component such as painted air bag covers, side cladding or exterior bumpers, which includes a painted film sheet and a one-piece thermoplastic elastomeric structural carrier. A bottom contact surface of the film sheet bonds with a front contact surface of the structural carrier by diffusion between the contact surfaces thereof within a mold cavity of an injection mold separate from the mold cavity of a vacuum mold which is utilized to vacuum-mold the film sheet to form the desired painted plastic component.