Method for manufacturing a finished part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12491676-B2
Application number	US-202017762331-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	Oct 16, 2019
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a finished part comprising:
a step of placing a trimmed finishing shell inside a heated mold chosen from a first mold referred to as a female mold and a second mold referred to as a male mold in the form of a punch, a step of heating a structural part made of a composite material up to its melting point, a step of placing the structural part on the finishing shell, a step of shaping the structural part against the finishing shell by means of the male mold in the form of a punch cooperating with the female mold, such that the finishing shell is fixed to the structural part that was shaped to obtain the finished part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for manufacturing a finished part comprising:
a step of producing a finishing shell of an internal or external face of the finished part, said finishing shell being made of plastic material, the step of producing the finishing shell comprising:
a step of heating a plate made of a plastic material to a temperature between 180° C. and 230° C., the plate having a thickness of about 1 mm,
a step of placing the heated plate in a position inside a first mold, the temperature of the first mold being lower than the temperature of the heated plate, the temperature of the first mold being between 90° C. and 150° C.,
a step of putting the heated plate in shape within the first mold,
a step of trimming the plate to obtain a trimmed finishing shell, a step of placing the trimmed finishing shell inside a heated second mold chosen from a female mold and a male mold in a shape of a punch, said female mold having a shape complementary to the shape of the male mold, a temperature of the heated second mold in which the finishing shell is placed is lower than a melting temperature of a composite material of a structural part in order to promote cooling of the finished part, the temperature of the heated second mold being between 90° C. and 150° C., a step of heating the structural part made of the composite material up to the melting temperature of the composite material of the structural part, the melting temperature of the composite material of the structural part being between 250° C. and 300° C., a step of placing the structural part on the finishing shell, a step of shaping the structural part against the finishing shell by means of the male mold cooperating with the female mold, so that the finishing shell joins with the structural part formed to obtain the finished part, wherein the method further comprises a plastic material injection step during the step of shaping the structural part against the finishing shell so as to form a border on the structural part, wherein the plastic material injection step comprises laterally injecting a plastic material between the female mold and the male mold.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic material of the finishing shell, the composite material of the structural part and the injected plastic material are made from a same type of plastic material.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the plastic material of the finishing shell, the composite material of the structural part and the injected plastic material comprises polycarbonate, PVC (“Polyvinyl chloride”), PPS (polyphenylene sulfide), or ABS (“Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene”).

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the heating of the structural part is carried out by means of an infrared oven.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the structural part is formed from several layers of composite material stacked on top of each other.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the structural part has a thickness between 1 mm and 3 mm.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the finished part is a structural and decorative aircraft seat part.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the structural and decorative aircraft seat part is at least one of a portion of an armrest, a cover video, a backrest, or a meal table.

9 . A method for manufacturing a finished part comprising:
a step of producing a finishing shell of an internal or external face of the finished part, said finishing shell being made of plastic material, the step of producing the finishing shell comprising:
a step of heating a plate made of a plastic material to a temperature between 180° C. and 230° C., the plate having a thickness of about 1 mm,
a step of placing the heated plate in a position inside a first mold, the temperature of the first mold being lower than the temperature of the heated plate, the temperature of the first mold being between 90° C. and 150° C.,
a step of putting the heated plate in a shape within the first mold,
a step of trimming the plate to obtain a trimmed finishing shell, a step of placing the trimmed finishing shell inside a second heated mold chosen from a female mold and a male mold in a shape of a punch, said female mold having a shape complementary to the shape of the male mold, a temperature of the second heated mold in which the finishing shell is placed is lower than a melting temperature of a composite material of a structural part in order to promote cooling of the finished part, the temperature of the heated mold being between 90° C. and 150° C., a step of heating the structural part made of the composite material up to the melting temperature of the composite material of the structural part, the melting temperature of the composite material of the structural part being between 250° C. and 300° C., a step of placing the structural part on the finishing shell, a step of shaping the structural part against the finishing shell by means of the male mold cooperating with the female mold, so that the finishing shell joins with the structural part formed to obtain the finished part.

Assignees

• Safran Seats

Inventors

• Meyer Thomas
• Exertier Agnès
• Thobie Pascal
• Cailleteau Jérémy

Classifications

• B29L2031/3076

  Aircrafts (blades, propellers B29L2031/08) · CPC title

• B29L2031/3026

  Arm-rests · CPC title

• B29K2055/02

  ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers · CPC title

• B29K2027/06

  PVC, i.e. polyvinylchloride · CPC title

• B29C51/082 Primary

  by shaping between complementary mould parts · CPC title