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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 14, 2010
Publication date:
February 3, 2011
Applicants:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, I-FUSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Michael Alan Samluk, LaRon Brown, Stanley Staniszewski, Richard Jerome Roberts
Abstract: In one embodiment a mold 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 is translatable relative to the other to collectively receive a heated resin with a molded-in-color to form the vehicle panel. At least one punch is provided within one of the first or second mold members. The at least one punch is actuatable to extend through the one forming surface of and is actuatable to extend through a nest to nest in the other forming surface for forming an aperture through a partially cooled vehicle panel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 12, 2007
Publication date:
August 14, 2008
Applicants:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, I-FUSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Michael Alan Samluk, LaRon Brown, Stanley Staniszewski, Richard Jerome Roberts