Patent ID: 8096052
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a plastic door panel for a vehicle cab, comprising: forming plastic resin into a panel having a first wall and a second wall, wherein said panel defines a door, a door frame and a door perimeter between the door and the door frame, wherein the first wall and the second wall are fused together along a portion of the door perimeter and are spaced apart along another portion of the door perimeter; cutting the door perimeter to separate the door from the panel to define a doorway of the door frame, wherein the first and second walls are cut simultaneously at the portion of the door perimeter where the first wall is fused to the second wall, and wherein the first wall is cut separately from the second wall at the portion of the door perimeter where the first wall is spaced apart from the second wall; and assembling the door to the door frame at the doorway.