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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2010
Linh N. Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
James P. Holland, Brighton, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Laird, Canton, MI (US);
Stacy L. Swank, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey B. Crist, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Warwick J. Smith, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Aileen N. Barraza, Canton, MI (US);
Linh N. Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
James P. Holland, Brighton, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Laird, Canton, MI (US);
Stacy L. Swank, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey B. Crist, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Warwick J. Smith, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Aileen N. Barraza, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A plastic-molded automotive interior trim component has a curvilinear finished surface with a relatively flat portion and a relatively curved portion. A decorative film subcomponent has an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein at least the outer surface is pigmented with a desired color of the finished surface. Prior to incorporation into the plastic molded component, the decorative film subcomponent has a shape generally conforming to the curvilinear finished surface and is substantially smooth. A structural backing member is in-mold laminated with the decorative film subcomponent, wherein the structural backing member is formed by injection molding a backing material against the inner surface of the decorative film subcomponent in a mold having a film-receiving surface with a three-dimensional texture that receives the decorative film subcomponent. The texture shapes the decorative film subcomponent with an embossed pattern having a substantially uniform, undistorted appearance on at least part of the relatively flat portion and at least part of the relatively curved portion.