OVERMOLDED VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE FRAME AND BUMPER ASSEMBLY

摘要

A vehicle license plate frame and bumper assembly has a substrate formed of a high-durometer first polymer compound, and an overmold component formed of a lower-durometer, second polymer compound that is chemically compatible with the first polymer compound. The substrate includes an endless frame with forward, inner and outer faces, and license plate screw mounting tabs inwardly extending from the frame. The overmold component includes a bumper cohesively bonded to the frame but not to screw head-receiving areas of the tabs.

主权项

1. A vehicle license plate frame and bumper assembly, comprising:
a substrate component molded of a first polymer compound and an overmold component molded from a second polymer compound that is chemically compatible with the first polymer compound, the overmold component overmolded onto the substrate component to create a cohesive bond between the substrate component and the overmold component, a hardness of the second polymer compound as solidified being softer than a hardness of the first polymer compound as solidified; the substrate component including an elongate, endless frame disposed around a sight of a vehicle license plate, the assembly disposed, in use, in a substantially vertical plane that is substantially orthogonal to a vehicle axis of travel; the substrate component further including a plurality of vehicle license plate mounting screw tabs formed in parallel to said plane and extending vertically inwardly from the frame and each adapted to receive a vehicle license plate mounting screw; and the overmold component including a bumper overmolded onto the frame to extend at least axially forwardly therefrom, the overmold component not extending to cover screw head-receiving areas of the mounting screw tabs of the substrate component.