A resin composition useful for making an inside door handle with a skin-core structure made by using co-injection, an inside door handle manufactured using the resin composition, and a method for manufacturing such a door handle are provided herein.

The present disclosure pertains to the construction of handgrips and the method of assembly onto a handlebar. In one disclosed embodiment, the handgrip comprises a substrate configured to receive a clamp, and a guard configured to protect the clamp. Further, the handgrip comprises an overmold grip configured to conceal the clamp and guard and also receive the hand of an operator or user. The clamp is engaged onto the handlebar and acts as a coupling mechanism so that the handgrip is more easily removable from handlebar. Among other things, the present disclosure solves problems related to manufacturing and assembly.

A fiber-reinforced polymer composition that contains a polymer matrix and a plurality of long reinforcing fibers that are distributed within the polymer matrix is provided. The polymer matrix contains a propylene polymer and constitutes from about 30 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of the composition. The fibers constitute from about 10 wt. % to about 70 wt. % of the composition. Further, the polymer composition exhibits a spiral flow length of about 450 millimeters or more as determined in accordance with ASTM D3123-09 and a volatile organic content of about 100 micrograms per gram or less as determined by VDA 277.

The intermediate stretched-blow molded container (1) comprises a biaxially stretched-blow molded hollow body (10) that comprises a container side wall (10a), at least one recess (101) that is formed in said container side wall (10a), that is off-center from the second vertical central plane (P2), and at least one convex and outwardly protruding deformable region (102) that is formed in the container side wall (10a). The maximum gripping dimension (DR) of the stretched-blow molded hollow body (10) measured next to and on one side of the convex and outwardly protruding deformable region (102) is smaller than the maximum dimension (DL) of the stretched-blow molded hollow body (10) measured next to and on the other side of convex and outwardly protruding deformable region (102). Said convex and outwardly protruding deformable region (102) comprises an outwardly protruding invertable lateral wall (1020) that is an extension of a second lateral wall (1011) of the recess (101) and that extends beyond a first lateral wall (1010) of the recess (101), and a front wall (1021) that is an extension of this outwardly protruding invertable lateral wall (1020). The junction (H) between the bottom portion (1012) and the second lateral wall (1011) of said recess (101) forms an hinge on the whole periphery of the outwardly protruding convex deformable region (102) for inverting the said outwardly protruding convex deformable region ((102) and the second lateral wall (1011) of the recess (101) by pushing them inwardly in order to form a concave grip (G).

A method and apparatus for extrusion of an article is provided. A die assembly can apply flows of thermoplastic material to an array of reinforcing cables to form a composite extrusion. A slider fabric can be bonded to one side of the composite extrusion. After exiting the die assembly, the slider fabric can act to support the extrudate as it passes along an elongate mandrel, which can cause the base of the slider fabric to change shape from a flat profile to the final internal profile of the article. The extruded article can then be cooled to solidify the material. The die can include cooling for the slider fabric and means for promoting penetration of the thermoplastic into reinforcing cables.