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Summary: First hard plastic substrate fully soft trimmed movable door panel map pocket Spring loaded door map pocket with plastic hinge arms meeting door panel durability requirements and customer use as door close grab handle.
Weight Savings: N/A
Cost Savings: N/A
Most Innovative Feature: First hard plastic substrate fully soft trimmed movable door panel map pocket
Other Innovative Features: Spring loaded door map pocket with plastic hinge arms meeting door panel durability requirements and customer use as door close grab handle.
Forming Process: Injection molding
First time process used?: No-used on other map pockets
Previous Process Used: Door map pockets that are movable typically are made with elastic strap through vinyl cover or are hard plastic.
Tooling Innovations: N/A
New Material Developments: Materials used are typical for industry. Design of the hard substrate and hinge arms to meet use as a door map pocket required CAE and design iterations to get to work.
Weight Savings: Weight penalty over hard or curtain type map pockets
Direct Cost Savings: N/A
Indirect Cost Savings: N/A
Direct Consumer Benefit: N/A
Translates to other Vehicles?: Yes, it could be used in other applications but would require a design to fit that particular vehicle component
Safety Benefits: N/A
Environmental Benefits: N/A
Additional Info: Craftsmanship requirement for the movable map pocket was to have the appearance of a coach purse. Seams, gaps, and fit & finish had to be perfect for luxury market.
