IP Library Granted Patent US 7,500,708
Granted Patent B2
US 7,500,708 · App. 10/568,766 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Interior part for automobile

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Patent No.
US 7,500,708
App. No.
10/568,766
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interior part for an automobile that is disposed on a front side in the automobile is obtained by integrally molding an instrument panel fascia, a duct, and a reinforce member by a blow molding method including: extruding a resin composition into a molten parison; holding the parison in a metal mold; and blowing the air into the parison to obtain a resin molding. Thus, as compared to an arrangement where each of the members is formed separately, the number of members can be reduced. In addition, the arrangement requires only one type of material, a metal mold, and a molding device, and does not require an assembly step that is required in the arrangement with separately molded members, resulting in reduced cost.

Claims (34)

1. An automobile interior part disposed on a front side of an automobile, comprising:

a duct; and

a reinforcing member, wherein

the duct and the reinforcing member are integrally molded by a blow molding method that includes extruding a resin composition into a molten parison, holding the parison in a metal mold, and blowing the air into the parison to obtain a resin molding,

wherein the interior part is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, and

wherein the fiber-reinforced resin is formed by a resin composition containing a fibrous filler in the range from 7 to 30 wt % and a resin in the range from 70 to 93 wt %, and

a lifting dimension of the fibrous filler appearing on and lifted from a design side surface of the automobile interior part is controlled to be equal to or smaller than half of a fiber diameter of the fibrous filler.

2. An automobile interior part disposed on a front side of an automobile, comprising:

a duct; and

a reinforcing member, wherein

the duct and the reinforcing member are integrally molded by a blow molding method that includes extruding a resin composition into a molten parison, holding the parison in a metal mold, and blowing the air into the parison to obtain a resin molding,

wherein an instrument panel fascia is integrally molded with the duct and the reinforcing member by the blow molding method,

wherein the interior part is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, and

wherein the fiber-reinforced resin is formed by a resin composition containing a fibrous filler in the range from 7 to 30 wt % and a resin in the range from 70 to 93 wt %, and

a lifting dimension of the fibrous filler appearing on and lifted from a design side surface of the automobile interior part is controlled to be equal to or smaller than half of a fiber diameter of the fibrous filler.

3. An automobile interior part disposed on a front side of an automobile, comprising:

a duct; and

a reinforcing member, wherein

the duct and the reinforcing member are integrally molded by a blow molding method that includes extruding a resin composition into a molten parison, holding the parison in a metal mold, and blowing the air into the parison to obtain a resin molding,

wherein the interior part is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, and

wherein the fiber-reinforced resin is formed by the resin composition containing the fibrous filler in the range from 7 to 30 wt % and the resin in the range from 70 to 93 wt %,

a surface of the interior part has a grain,

(1) when an entire surface of a resin molding has the grain, rate of transfer of the metal mold is equal to or higher than 70%, and

(2) when a part of the surface of the resin molding has the grain, the rate of transfer of the metal mold is equal to or higher than 70%, and a surface roughness of a part without the grain is equal to or less than 5 μm.

4. An automobile interior part disposed on a front side of an automobile, comprising:

a duct; and

a reinforcing member, wherein

the duct and the reinforcing member are integrally molded by a blow molding method that includes extruding a resin composition into a molten parison, holding the parison in a metal mold, and blowing the air into the parison to obtain a resin molding,

wherein an instrument panel fascia is integrally molded with the duct and the reinforcing member by the blow molding method,

wherein the interior part is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, and

wherein the fiber-reinforced resin is formed by the resin composition containing the fibrous filler in the range from 7 to 30 wt % and the resin in the range from 70 to 93 wt %,

a surface of the interior part has a grain,

(1) when an entire surface of a resin molding has the grain, rate of transfer of the metal mold is equal to or higher than 70%, and

(2) when a part of the surface of the resin molding has the grain, the rate of transfer of the metal mold is equal to or higher than 70%, and a surface roughness of a part without the grain is equal to or less than 5 μm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2006
From: OBARA, TOMOYUKI
To: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018642/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2006
From: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
To: PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018589/0563 →