Patents Assigned to Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH
  • Patent number: 7744799
    Abstract: The method according to the invention is a moulding method wherein a first layer (21), having a first colour, is produced against a first portion of a mould surface (10) and wherein, in a next step, a second layer (22), having a second colour, is produced against a second portion of the mould surface (10) and at least partially against the back of the first layer (21). The method is intended to obtain a qualitative transition between the colours of the two layers (21, 22) without having to hide the actual colour transition in a groove from view. This object is achieved by applying the material forming the first layer (21) in such a manner on the mould surface (10) that the edge (20) of the first layer (21), which will be situated on the mould surface underneath the second layer (22), is visually sharp and is produced without a mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: André Braeckman, Jan Willems, Yvan Vanluchene, Hugo De Winter
  • Patent number: 7633028
    Abstract: An electric switch module has one or more electric switches arranged on a substrate (7) of which at least one is designed as a push-pull rocker switch (2, 3) having an actuator (4) formed by a projection (5) that is asymmetrical to its tilting axis (6). The module is characterized in that the top side of the substrate (7), together with the actuators (4) of its switches (2, 3), is covered by a flexible outer skin (10a) that also covers the projection (5) that forms the actuator (4) of the at least one rocker switch (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Böbel, Berthold Esders, Hugo De Winter, Martin Sabelus, Jan Willems, Sven De Vis, Bart Broeckaert
  • Patent number: 7431962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multi-layered moulded synthetic part comprising a preformed elastomeric moulded skin (5), a moulded carrier (8) of a thermoplastic material and optionally an intermediate foam layer (6). In this method, the elastomeric skin (5) is moulded in a first step and the thermoplastic material for the carrier (8) is subsequently moulded in molten state to the back of said moulded skin (5). According to the invention, the moulded skin is made of a thermosetting synthetic material. Compared to a thermoplastic skin, such a thermosetting skin is less subjected to visible defects, in particular in case it has been provided with a superficial texture such as a leather grain, when the thermoplastic carrier is moulded thereto. Moulding of the thermoplastic carrier can be done by an injection moulding, an injection pressure moulding or a low pressure moulding technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Hugo De Winter, Yvan Vanluchene, Hans Demandt, Ivo Deblier, Roger Hackwell