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US 8,062,727 · App. 12/244,305 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Process for molded decorative stitched skins

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Patent No.
US 8,062,727
App. No.
12/244,305
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a covered panel for a motor vehicle having a rigid substrate, a skin, and a layer of material connecting the skin to the rigid substrate, in which the skin is constituted of one first and one second skin section including a visual characteristic at the line where the two respective edges of the first and second section of the skin are joined. The panel is characterized in that the edge of the first section of skin extends beyond the visual characteristic, under the second section of skin, and in that the skin is provided, in the area of that visual characteristic with at least one line of decorative seams or stitching connecting the first and second sections of skin together. The invention also relates to a process to manufacture the type of panel.

Claims (9)

1. A skin for a motor vehicle interior comprising:

a first skin section having a first surface, a second surface, and an outer edge, wherein at least a portion of the edge of the first skin section includes a substantially U-shaped depression formed therein with a band formed intermediate the U-shaped depression and the edge;

a second skin section having a first surface, a second surface, and an outer edge, wherein the band of the first skin section extends beyond and under at least a portion of the edge of the second skin section; and

a first stitching connecting the first skin section and the second skin section, wherein the first stitching extends through a single layer of the second skin section and the band of the first skin section to connect the first skin section to the second skin section.

2. The skin according to claim 1 , further comprising a second stitching.

3. The skin according to claim 1 , wherein the first skin section and the second skin section are originally formed from a single piece of skin which is separated and re-assembled to form the skin.

4. The skin according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the U-shaped depression is at most a thickness of the second skin to obtain a gathering of the edge.

5. The skin according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the U-shaped depression is less than a thickness of the second skin to obtain a gathering of the edge.

6. The skin according to claim 2 , wherein the second stitching connects the first skin section and the second skin section.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2014
From: CITIBANK, N.A.
To: VISTEON CORPORATION; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 034144/0674 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Jun 9, 2014
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: VISTEON CORPORATION; VC AVIATION SERVICES, LLC; VISTEON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON GLOBAL TREASURY, INC.; VISTEON EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 033107/0717 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2014
From: VISTEON CORPORATION, AS GRANTOR; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AS GRANTOR
To: CITIBANK., N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 032713/0065 →
RELEASE BY SECURED PARTY AGAINST SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS ON REEL 025241 FRAME 0317 Recorded Apr 26, 2011
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: VISTEON CORPORATION; VC AVIATION SERVICES, LLC; VISTEON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON GLOBAL TREASURY, INC.; VISTEON EUROPEAN HOLDING, INC.; VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 026178/0412 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (REVOLVER) Recorded Oct 19, 2010
From: VISTEON CORPORATION; VC AVIATION SERVICES, LLC; VISTEON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON GLOBAL TREASURY, INC.; VISTEON EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 025238/0298 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 19, 2010
From: VISTEON CORPORATION; VC AVIATION SERVICES, LLC; VISTEON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.; VISTEON GLOBAL TREASURY, INC.; VISTEON EUROPEAN HOLDING, INC.; VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC; VISTEON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 025241/0317 →
RELEASE BY SECURED PARTY AGAINST SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 022732 FRAME 0263 Recorded Oct 6, 2010
From: WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
To: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 025095/0451 →
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded May 26, 2009
From: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 022732/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2008
From: NELIAS, FRANCOIS
To: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 022030/0575 →