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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steve Norman Bazinski, Amherstburg, CA;
Warwick J. Smith, Grosse Point Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B29C 45/44 (2006.01); B29C 45/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/0025 (2013.01); B29C 45/44 (2013.01); B60R 13/0206 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle interior panel includes a substrate having an interior surface and an exterior surface. An attachment structure extends integrally from the interior surface of the substrate. The attachment structure defines a first wall spaced apart from the substrate and having an attachment opening therethrough. The attachment structure further defines a supporting wall segment adjacent the substrate that has a plurality of holes therein, the holes extending in a first direction generally parallel with the interior surface of the substrate.