Patent ID: 8262968
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60R

Abstract:
1. A method of making a vehicle component, the method comprising: providing a first mold section, a second mold section, a first projection extending from the first mold section toward the second mold section, and a first shut-off member opposite the first projection and movable between a first position and a second position, the first shut-off member including a plurality of recesses; providing a first cavity defined by a first portion of the first mold section, the first projection, a first portion of the second mold section, and the first shut-off member when in the first position; positioning a formed skin in the first cavity proximate the first mold section so that a first edge of the formed skin extends outward past the first projection toward the second mold section such that a free end of the first edge faces the first shut-off member; injecting a first resin into the first cavity and bonding to the formed skin; moving the first shut-off member from the first position to the second position to provide a second cavity defined by a second portion of the first mold section, a second portion of the second mold section, the first edge of the formed skin that is extended past the first projection, the first resin, and the first shut-off member when in the second position; injecting a second resin into the second cavity while the first edge of the formed skin remains extended past the first projection and bonding the second resin to the first resin and the first edge of the formed skin; wherein the plurality of recesses in the first-shut off member form a plurality of extensions in the first resin that interlock with a plurality of mating recesses in the second resin; wherein one recess of the plurality of recesses of the first shut-off member is configured to receive the first edge of the formed skin.