Film insert molded product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9469079-B2
Application number	US-201113806917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2011
Priority date	Aug 30, 2010
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A cover member of an illuminating unit is formed of a film insert molded product, in which a film is disposed on a decorative face. The film is arranged so an end part of the film is positioned in front of an end part of the decorative face, whereby a film end protecting area formed of an exposed part of a molded resin layer is provided between the end part of the decorative face and the end part of the film, and a surface of the film end protecting area is made flush with the surface of the film. A corner between the end part of the decorative face and an end face of the molded resin layer is set to be an acute angle, and the end face of the molded resin layer functions as a contact face with respect to a ceiling trim.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A film insert molded product which is molded by injecting molten resin into a mold, after a film has been set on a cavity face of the mold, and then, hardening the resin, wherein a back face of the film and a surface of a molded resin layer are adhered to integrate each other, and the film is disposed on a decorative face of the film insert molded product,
wherein the film is so arranged that an end part of the film is positioned a distance from an end part of the decorative face to expose the decorative face on a side facing a same direction as a front face of the film, whereby a film end protecting area formed of an exposed part of the molded resin layer is provided between the end part of the decorative face and the end part of the film, and a surface of the film end protecting area and the front face of the film are formed in flush with each other;
wherein a shading film layer is provided on a face of the film insert molded product opposite the film; and
wherein the shading film layer extends to and covers an entire end face of the molded resin layer.

2. A film insert molded product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the film insert molded product is a cover member which is provided at an illuminating face side of an illuminating unit, wherein the molded resin layer is formed of transparent resin, and the film is formed of a black colored film, which is a film layer having an essentially same color as the black colored film.

3. A film insert molded product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a corner between the end part of the decorative face and the end face of the molded resin layer is set to be an acute angle, and the end face of the molded resin layer functions as a contact face with respect to a ceiling trim.

Assignees

• Ohtsuka Haruhito
• Hayashi Masanobu
• Yazaki Corp
• Sanwa Screen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohtsuka Haruhito
• Hayashi Masanobu

Classifications

• B29C2045/14532

  injecting between two sheets · CPC title

• Y10T428/24752

  Laterally noncoextensive components · CPC title

• B32B3/02 Primary

  characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions {(non-uniform thickness B32B3/263)} · CPC title

• B29K2995/0026

  Transparent · CPC title

• B29L2031/3005

  Body finishings · CPC title