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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Masao Tada, Aichi, JP;
Shinichi Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Masao Tada, Aichi, JP;
Shinichi Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A skin adhesion apparatus includes an upper mold half and a lower mold half. The upper mold half and the lower mold half clamps a core material and a skin laid on the core material so that the skin is adhered to a surface of the core material. Disposed along a mold surface of the upper mold half is a tubular member made of elastic material. The skin adhesion apparatus also includes a pump for supplying fluid into the tubular member. When adhering the skin to the core material, the upper mold half is pulled down and then stopped at a predetermined distance above the core material. After then, fluid is supplied into the tubular member so that the fluid pressure inflates the tubular member.