A method of applying stitching to an interior component is provided herein. The interior component having only a single layer of a substrate layer. The method including the steps of: a) penetrating substrate layer with an awl of a sewing head to form a piercing therethrough; b) retracting the awl from the substrate layer; c) inserting a needle of the same sewing head through the piercing through the substrate layer to grasp a thread positioned on a show surface of the outer skin layer; d) pulling the thread through the substrate layer; e) looping the thread with a previous stitch passed through the substrate layer; f) advancing the sewing head to another position with respect to the interior component, wherein a backside of the substrate layer is free of obstructions; and g) repeating steps a-f until a predetermined amount of stitches are applied to the interior component.
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STITCHING VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM NÄHEN VON FAHRZEUGINNENTEILEN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE COUTURE DE COMPOSANTS INTÉRIEURS DE VÉHICULES
2022-11-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STITCHING VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS
European Patent Office | 2022