An aspect of a mold is for forming therein a cavity for producing a plate-like optical component. The mold includes a stationary mold half, and a movable mold half which forms the cavity in cooperation with the stationary mold half. The stationary mold half includes a first surface mold member for forming a first surface which is one of obverse and reverse surfaces of the plate-like optical component, and a first peripheral mold member for connecting a cavity-side surface of the movable mold half and a cavity-side surface of the first surface mold member. The first peripheral mold member inclines or curves to cause a dimension of the cavity in a direction of a plane approximately parallel to the first surface to become gradually smaller as being closer to the first surface.

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.

Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.

A method for making an insulated vehicle extension dash panel includes injection molding an extension dash panel from a structural polymer. The method further includes adding a plurality of components to a mixer to form an insulating foaming layer. The plurality of components includes a two-part liquid silicone compound, a catalyst, and a foaming agent. A screw is then coupled to the mixer and the insulating foaming layer is injection molded to an inner face of the extension dash panel. The insulating foaming layer is then cured to the inner face of the extension dash panel to form the insulated vehicle extension dash panel.

A vehicular display that contains a sparse array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), system, and method of fabrication are disclosed. The vehicular display includes at least one tile disposed in a vehicle to provide a display of internal and external information. Each tile has a transparent flexible substrate, a sparse array of LEDs disposed on the transparent flexible substrate, a rigid substrate adhered to the transparent flexible substrate via an adhesive layer in which the sparse array of LEDs is encapsulated, and a driver disposed on an edge of the tile and configured to drive the LEDs. The LEDs are sparse enough to enable information to be displayed through a vehicle window while still enabling a viewer to see through the window.

A display device (100) for displaying at least one symbol has a translucent cover layer (210), a symbol layer (213) having a translucent symbol panel (216) for a symbol that is to be displayed by the display device (100), and an opaque surface (214) encompassing the symbol panel (216). The symbol panel (216) is disposed such that it is spaced apart from the cover layer (210) by a gap (226). A waveguide assembly (228) is formed in order to conduct light (232) onto a side of the symbol panel (216) facing away from the cover layer (210).

Provided is a mirror unit capable of maintaining good vibration proof. A mirror unit comprises a reflecting mirror, and a holder that holds the reflecting mirror from a back surface thereof. The mirror unit rotates about an axis by the holder being pressed by a linearly moving slider, and is provided in a head-up display device. The holder comprises a part to be pressed, a first support part, and a second support part. The part to be pressed is located at a position that deviates from a center of the reflecting mirror toward a first end of the reflecting mirror, and is pressed by the slider. The first support part is located at a position corresponding to the part to be pressed, and is affixed to the back surface. The second support part is located closer to a second end of the reflecting mirror than the first support part, has a larger outer shape than the first support part, and is affixed to the back surface.

A method of manufacturing can comprise: introducing a first polymeric material to a mold, wherein the first polymeric material resists metallization; introducing a second polymeric material to the mold, wherein the second polymeric material accepts metallization; molding an article from the first polymeric material and the second polymeric material, wherein the second polymeric material extends along a surface portion of the article; coupling a metallic material to the surface portion of the article to form a part having a metallic surface finish by exposing the article to the metallic material in a metallizing process, wherein the metallic material is not coupled to the first polymeric material.

A method of forming a vehicular instrument panel includes the steps: melting a first composite comprising carbon fibers and nylon resin; melting a second composite comprising glass fibers and nylon resin; injecting the melted composites into an instrument panel mold such that the carbon and glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the mold; and cooling the melted composites to form an instrument panel. The method may also include the step: forming a boundary region between the first and second melted composites in the mold such that the carbon and glass fibers in the mold are substantially mixed within the boundary region.

A vehicular instrument panel, including a substrate comprising a plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers within a nylon resin, the substrate defines an airbag canister. The plurality of chopped carbon and chopped glass fibers are segregated such that the chopped carbon fibers are substantially concentrated within a driver-side portion of the substrate and the airbag canister, and the chopped glass fibers are substantially concentrated within a passenger-side portion of the substrate. The substrate can also include a boundary region such that the plurality of chopped carbon and glass fibers in the substrate are substantially mixed in the boundary region.