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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2009
Applicants:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Chi LI, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);

Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);

Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Chi Li, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);

Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);

Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for making a vehicle interior panel including positioning a slipsheet on a film or fabric liner. The liner is placed on a substrate board. The liner and substrate board are formed into an interior panel. A cavity is formed by removing a portion of the substrate board from the interior panel adjacent to the slipsheet position. A lamp is positioned in the cavity.


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