AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR TRIM ASSEMBLY AND METHOD

摘要

An automotive interior trim assembly has at least one area which provides an enhanced tactile feel that is soft to the touch. The interior trim assembly includes a first substrate member forming at least part of a structural support of a trim assembly and a cover member formed of thermoplastic elastic foam supported on the first substrate member. A second substrate member is connected to the first substrate member. In one embodiment, a portion of the interior trim assembly is formed in a two-shot molding operation wherein a first material is molding during a first shot to form the first substrate member. The cover member is molded onto the first substrate member during a second shot of the molding operation. In one embodiment, the first and second substrate members are connected together through cooperating locking structures formed on each of the first and second substrate members.