Wood preforming device for manufacturing crash pad for vehicle including real wood sheet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958210-B2
Application number	US-202217842142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2022
Priority date	Aug 4, 2021
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are wood preforming devices for manufacturing a crash pad for a vehicle including a real wood sheet. A wood preforming device for manufacturing a crash pad for a vehicle includes a real wood sheet includes a lower press mold comprising a debossed portion provided on a portion on which a product is formed, and a support portion configured to support an upper press mold, in response to the lower press mold and the upper press mold pressing each other, the support portion having a protrusion for fixing a real wood sheet, the upper press mold having an embossed portion corresponding to the debossed portion of the lower press mold, and a movable core provided on the debossed portion of the lower press mold and being configured to guide the real wood sheet by moving upward from the debossed portion, in response to the upper press mold moving downward.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a real wood sheet for wrapping a crash pad, the method comprising:
forming a real wood sheet main body part by cutting a raw real wood sheet in a shape of a real wood product;
forming a plurality of wood sheet compression fixing rib portions, each having a first length formed by cutting the raw real wood sheet, at an outer periphery of the real wood sheet main body part to fix the real wood sheet during a preforming process;
forming a plurality of wrapping fixing rib portions, each having a second length formed by cutting the raw real wood sheet, at the outer periphery of the real wood sheet main body part to fix the real wood sheet during a compression process; and
aligning the real wood sheet using the compression fixing rib portions and the wood sheet wrapping fixing rib portions in a press mold.

2. A method of manufacturing a real wood sheet for wrapping a crash pad, the method comprising:
forming a real wood sheet main body part by forming a raw real wood sheet in a shape of a real wood product;
forming a plurality of wood sheet compression fixing rib portions at an outer periphery of the real wood sheet main body part to fix the real wood sheet main body part to a preforming press during a preforming process;
forming a plurality of wrapping fixing rib portions at the outer periphery of the real wood sheet main body part to fix the real wood sheet main body part to a compression press during a compression process; and
aligning the real wood sheet using the compression fixing rib portions and the wood sheet wrapping fixing rib portions in a press mold.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of wood sheet compression fixing rib portions is formed on the raw real wood sheet using a forming device.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
forming first fixing holes in the compressing fixing rib portion to fix the first fixing holes to fixing pins of the preforming press during the preforming process.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first fixing hole comprises a slit groove.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
forming second fixing holes in the plurality of wrapping fixing rib portions using hole machining pins of the preforming press during a preforming fixing process to fix the real wood sheet to pins of a press forming device during a wood press process.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the forming device comprises a cutter.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the performing process comprises:
preparing a lower press mold and an upper press mold;
seating and fixing a real wood sheet on first fixing holes of the lower press mold;
moving the upper press mold downward;
moving a movable core provided on the lower press mold upwards to guide the real wood sheet, in response to the upper press mold moving downward; and
pressing the upper press mold against the lower press mold for a preforming process on the real wood sheet.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pressing of the lower press mold and the upper press mold comprises forming second fixing holes in wrapping fixing rib portions provided on the real wood sheet using hole machining pins provided on the lower press mold.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd
• Intops Co Ltd
• Seoyon Autovision Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Ik Keun
• Lee Min Kyeong
• Lee Hyun Ho
• Hong Ji Seung
• Lee Jong Jin

Classifications

• B27N3/18 Primary

  Auxiliary operations, e.g. preheating, humidifying, cutting-off · CPC title

• B27N3/20

  characterised by using platen-presses · CPC title

• B27M3/0066

  characterised by tongue and groove or tap hole connections · CPC title

• B27D1/08 Primary

  Manufacture of shaped articles; Presses specially designed therefor · CPC title

• B29C43/36 Primary

  Moulds for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles · CPC title