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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Michael Alan Samluk, New Hudson, MI (US);
Laron Brown, Detroit, MI (US);
Stanley Staniszewski, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Richard Jerome Roberts, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Michael Alan Samluk, New Hudson, MI (US);
LaRon Brown, Detroit, MI (US);
Stanley Staniszewski, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Richard Jerome Roberts, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
I-Fusion Technology, Inc., Clinton, MI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a method for creating a molded-in-color vehicle panel is provided. The mold may have at least first and second mold members, each having a forming surface for forming a portion of the vehicle panel. One mold member may translate relative to the other to collectively receive a heated resin with a molded-in-color to form the vehicle panel. The resin may be formed into a solid molded-in-color interior vehicle panel. After allowing the resin to partially cool, an aperture may be formed by punching through in the molded-in-color resin with a punch.