Bumper lens unit of a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsChinmay Ubhayakar, Mini Simon
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Abstract
Bumper lens unit of a vehicle, the bumper lens unit comprising a frame panel; a lens, the lens comprising a composite material which is transparent, the composite material comprising a resin and fibers, in which the refractive index of the resin matches with a refractive index of the fibers, in which nano-particles interphases are arranged around the fibers, a refractive index of the nano-particles interphases is between the refractive index of the resin and the refractive index of the fibers; a structural adhesive, the frame panel and the lens are bonded to each other by the structural adhesive whereby a front wall of the bumper lens unit is flush in the vicinity of a junction between the frame panel and the lens.
Claims11
A bumper lens unit of a vehicle, the bumper lens unit comprising:
- a frame panel,
- a lens, the lens comprising a composite material which is transparent, the composite material comprising:
- a resin,
- fibers, and
- nano-particles interphases arranged around the fibers,
- wherein a refractive index of the resin matches with a refractive index of the fibers, and a refractive index of the nano-particles interphases is between the refractive index of the resin and the refractive index of the fibers, and
- a structural adhesive,
- wherein the frame panel and the lens are bonded to each other by the structural adhesive,
- wherein a front wall of the bumper lens unit is flush in the vicinity of a junction between the frame panel and the lens,
- wherein the junction between the frame panel and the lens comprises a channel in one of an internal edge of the frame panel or an external edge of the lens, and comprises a protrusion projecting from the other of the internal edge of the frame panel or the external edge of the lens, with the protrusion being received inside the channel, and
- wherein a space is formed between the channel and the protrusion, the space being filled with the structural adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.