A method for fabricating a vehicle interior trim having a support (4) and a surface covering (6) that covers the support (4), the covering having a front face (6A) intended to be visible and a rear face (6B) turned toward the support (4). The method includes producing a line of weakness (14) in the covering (6), bending the covering (6) along the line of weakness (14), and molding the support (4) against the rear face (6B) of the covering (6).

A method of manufacturing an automobile emblem is disclosed, which is for manufacturing an emblem that is to be disposed on a front surface of an automobile and represents a particular shape. A method of manufacturing an automobile emblem according to an embodiment of the invention can provide an automobile emblem that has a metallic texture and a silver luster without hindering the reception of waves for an automobile front radar.

A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes at least one fixed window panel and a movable window panel that is movable along an upper rail and a lower rail at the at least one fixed window panel between a closed position and an opened position. The upper rail includes a channel, and a filler is disposed in the channel of the upper rail. The filler includes a filler body having opposite side walls, and the filler includes lips established along respective ones of the side walls. The lips are extruded onto and along the filler body. The lips include a compressible and flexible material and provide a dampening and cushioning function at the movable window panel when the movable window panel is disposed in the channel of the upper rail.

This invention provides a method for manufacturing a decorative-part of which the joint-lines bordering the laser-irradiation regions are unnoticeable, thus avoiding deterioration of the design-quality of such a decorative-part. Of this invention, the design (4) comprises the first-blocks (6) of a plurality of design-patterns (5) that are closely arranged with the second-blocks (8) of a plurality of design-patterns (7) that are different from those of the first-blocks (6). In the laser-irradiation-region-setting process, the decorative-area is divided into a plurality of laser-irradiation regions (LR1, LR2 and LR3), at which time the joint-lines (J1, J2) are set as borders of the first-blocks (6) and the second-blocks (8) of the design (4). In the laser-irradiation process, a laser-deflector is relatively displaced, and a laser L is irradiated onto each of the laser-irradiation regions (LR1, LR2 and LR3).

Disclosed herein are vehicle emblems, automobiles with vehicle emblems, and methods of manufacturing vehicle emblems. A vehicle emblem for an automobile includes a bezel for mounting the emblem to the automobile's vehicle structure, such as the front grille, engine hood, or outer fascia panel. A rigid backing is seated within and attached to the bezel. The rigid backing includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs. A cover sheet lays against and is attached to the front-surface of the backing. The cover sheet includes a transparent layer or film with a multi-color print. The cover sheet includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs that are formed in the transparent layer. Each of the cover sheet's depressions is seated inside one of the rigid backing's depressions, while each of the rigid backing's ribs is seated inside one of the cover sheet's ribs.

A decorative structural plastic part is provided. That part includes an integral body having a structural plastic layer, a decorative face formed from an in-mold-decoration or IMD and an IMD-compatible plastic layer bridging between the structural plastic layer and the IMD. A mechanical bond locks the structural plastic layer with the IMD-compatible plastic layer. A method for making the part is also disclosed.

A gripper is disclosed for a draping frame having a gripper chassis and at least two opposing mutually movable gripper jaw elements for gripping a film element. The gripper jaw elements are provided on a gripper head part of the gripper. The gripper head part of the gripper is movably mounted, at least with one degree of freedom, relative to the gripper chassis.

A device for manufacturing inner trim elements which are formed by a rigid carrier and a cover layer, between which elements a polymer foam layer is arranged. The carrier is fixable on a first moulding tool element, and the cover layer is fixable between the outer edge of the first moulding tool element and the outer edge of a second moulding tool element. In the moulding tool, a cavity is formed between the carrier and the cover layer, wherein a foamable polymer is introducible into the cavity via at least one through-hole which is formed in the carrier and the first moulding tool element. The distance between the first and the second moulding tool element is enlargeable during the foaming process. At least one through-hole for an escape of air and reactively formed gases out of the cavity is formed in the carrier and in the first moulding tool element.

An injection-moulded piece that has a plastic base layer, a transparent or translucent cover layer, and a layer containing individual decorative elements located between the base and cover layers. The decorative elements are at least partly embedded both in the cover layer and in the base layer. The method for producing the injection-moulded piece, wherein decorative elements are placed on a sticky cover layer and a base layer is applied to the decorative elements by injection moulding. The individual decorative elements are applied to the sticky surface of the cover layer, by a random process, and if required, a second cover layer is applied, the decorative elements are at least partly embedded in the cover layer, waiting for the cover layer to dry, and a base layer is applied to the decorative elements by injection moulding so that the base layer embeds the remaining part of the decorative elements.

The invention concerns a panel with a body in the form of a plate with a front face for receiving a load, and at least one elongate metal profile for flexurally stiffening the body. The elongate metal profile substantially extends from one edge to another opposing edge of the body. the elongate metal profile being formed by a flat steel sheet strip bent along its length along at least one bend line to maximise its moment of inertia along its length, the steel of the sheet having a yield strength higher than 400 MPa, and the strip being bent in the same direction at a right angle along two bend lines.