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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
David Vanhorn, Famington Hills, MI (US);
Paul Nagy, Macomb, MI (US);
International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a blow molded plastic article wherein the article comprises an airflow conduit, comprising: providing a first sheet of insulation material located on a insulation carrier; providing a blow molding mold including two halves and having a molding surface defining a molding cavity to form the article; locating the insulation carrier between the two halves of the blow molding mold; transferring the first sheet of insulation material from the insulation carrier to the blow molding mold; introducing an extrudate of thermoplastic composition between the two halves of the blow molding mold; closing the blow molding mold; forming the extrudate to a shape of the mold cavity of the blow molding mold to form the article; and bonding the extrudate to the first sheet of insulation material as the extrudate is being formed to the shape of the mold cavity.