Skin for a motor vehicle trim element, corresponding trim element and vehicle, method for manufacturing such a skin

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9193098-B2
Application number	US-201113282070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Priority date	Oct 27, 2010
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

The invention relates to a skin for a motor vehicle trim element, intended to delimit an outer surface of the trim element and comprising at least one region with a substantially constant thickness. The skin comprises at least one first zone in which the skin comprises an outer layer, formed by a first translucent polyurethane material, and an inner layer, covered by the outer layer and formed by a second polyurethane material, different from the first polyurethane material, and at least one second zone, in which the skin comprises only said outer layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A skin for a motor vehicle trim element, having an outer surface intended to constitute an outer surface of the trim element, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface,
wherein the skin comprises an outer layer defining said outer surface, and an inner layer defining a part of said inner surface,
wherein said outer layer is formed by a first translucent polyurethane material, and said inner layer is formed by a second polyurethane material different from the first polyurethane material,
wherein the inner layer has a surface, opposite the inner surface, which is entirely covered by the outer layer, and
wherein the skin comprises at least one region with a substantially constant thickness, said region comprising:
at least one first zone in which the skin comprises both said outer and inner layers, and
at least one second zone in which the skin comprises only said outer layer.

2. The skin according to claim 1 , wherein the first material is aliphatic polyurethane.

3. The skin according to claim 1 , wherein the second material is aromatic polyurethane.

4. A trim element comprising a skin according to claim 1 , and a substantially rigid substrate, the skin covering said substrate.

5. The trim element according to claim 4 , wherein the substrate delimits at least one through opening, a light source being positioned opposite the opening on one side of the substrate, the skin extending on the other side of the substrate, the second zone of the skin being positioned opposite the opening.

6. The trim element according to claim 5 , comprising a foam layer which is relatively flexible and is inserted between the substrate and the skin, said foam layer delimiting at least one cavity between the opening of the substrate and the second zone of the skin positioned opposite said opening, the inner layer being entirely inserted between the outer layer and the foam layer.

7. A motor vehicle comprising a trim element according to claim 4 .

8. A method for manufacturing a skin according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
providing a mold;
spraying the first material on an inner surface of the mold, through a spraying head moving at a first speed in a first region of the mold, and at a second speed in at least one second region of the mold, the second speed being slower than the first speed, so as to form the outer layer; and
applying the second material on the outer layer, with the exception of the part of the outer layer situated in the second region of the mold.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein the second material is sprayed.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein, when the second material is sprayed, a removable protective mask is applied on the part of the outer layer situated in the second region of the mold.

Assignees

• Oeuvrard Jean Francois
• Guerreiro Pierre
• Faurecia Interieur Ind

Inventors

• Oeuvrard Jean Francois
• Guerreiro Pierre

Classifications

• B60R2013/0287

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• B29L2031/3008

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• B29K2075/00

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• Y10T428/31554

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• B60R13/0256

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