IP Library Patent Application 16763881
Patent Application
App. No. 16/763,881

VEHICLE DOOR MODULE

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16/763,881
Abstract

A vehicle door module includes a textile overmolded with a first thermoplastic composition to form a unitary frame, wherein the textile includes reinforcing fibers and a second thermoplastic composition.

Claims (12)

1 . A vehicle door module comprising a textile overmolded with a unitary frame comprising a first thermoplastic composition, wherein the textile comprises reinforcing fibers and a second thermoplastic composition.

2 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic composition comprises polypropylene and glass fiber.

3 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic compositions comprises glass fiber in an amount of 10 to 60 weight percent, based on the total weight of the unitary frame.

4 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 , wherein the textile comprises 30 to 70 weight percent of the second thermoplastic composition, based on the total weight of the textile.

5 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 , wherein the textile comprises glass fiber and a thermoplastic polymer comprising a polyamide, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polyethylene copolymer, a polypropylene copolymer, or a combination thereof.

6 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 , further comprising a perimeter seal.

7 . The vehicle door module of claim 1 further comprising an adhesive disposed between a portion of the unitary frame and a portion of the textile.

8 . A method of making a vehicle door module comprising molding a textile and overmolding a unitary frame comprising a first thermoplastic composition onto the textile, wherein the textile comprises reinforcing fibers and a second thermoplastic composition.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the unitary frame comprises polypropylene and glass fiber and the textile comprises polypropylene and glass fiber.

10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising surface treating the textile prior to overmolding.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising applying an adhesive to the textile prior to overmolding.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the unitary frame comprises polypropylene and glass fiber.

Assignments (2)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
To: CERBERUS BUSINESS FINANCE, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 059766/0348 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: STASER, BRIAN H.; SIMPSON, ASHLEY; SYBRANDY, THOMAS CHARLES
To: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 052745/0834 →