Patent ID: 7759267

Claim:
An automotive vehicle interior structural component comprising a molded multi-layered fiber reinforced material, said multi-layered fiber reinforced material comprising: a permeable fiber reinforced thermoplastic core layer comprising a plurality of reinforcing fibers bonded together with a thermoplastic resin, said permeable core layer having a density of about 0.1 gm/cc to about 1.8 gm/cc and comprising a first surface and a second surface; two first reinforcing skins applied to said first surface, each said first reinforcing skin comprising a matrix of reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, said reinforcing fibers of each of said first reinforcing skins are unidirectional with said longitudinal axis of said reinforcing fibers orientated in one direction, said two first reinforcing skins are positioned so that said longitudinal axis of said reinforcing fibers of one of said first reinforcing skins is at an angle to said longitudinal axis of the other one of said first reinforcing skins creating a bi-directional orientation of said reinforcing fibers of said first reinforcing skins; and at least one second reinforcing skin applied to said second surface; each said second reinforcing skin comprising a matrix of reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin wherein said matrix of reinforcing fibers applied to said second surface are arranged in a bi-directional orientation with at least a portion of said reinforcing fibers are unidirectional and are orientated so that a longitudinal axis of said portion of said reinforcing fibers are at an angle to a longitudinal axis of a remaining portion of unidirectional reinforcing fibers; said multi-layered fiber reinforced material molded at a temperature of about 160° F. and a molding cycle time of about 60 seconds of less.