An automotive center console includes a console body having an interior cavity accessible through an opening and a tambour door for opening and closing the opening. The tambour door includes a vacuum formed cover, a substrate including a plurality of generally parallel slats allowing the tambour to flex to a curved shape and an foam layer in between the substrate and the cover. The foam layer is formed using a foam in place (FIP) process.


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    Title :

    AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR COMPONENT SUCH AS A TAMBOUR DOOR


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    Publication date :

    2018-05-03


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS



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