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US 2004/0169397 A1Published application
Car body part and method of its production
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsDaniel Hock, Matthias Ludwig, Marcus Lutz, Frank Niebuhr
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Abstract
A car body part for a motor vehicle has an outer skin formed of an at least partially deformable material. An inner layer is formed of a foamed plastic. A mounting part which is placed in a recess of the outer skin and is anchored via an interlocking fit between the outer skin and a deformed portion of the mounting part. The interlocking fit may be created when the foamed plastic is expanded in a mold, which increases interior pressure within the mold and deforms the outer skin against the mounting part.
Claims8
A car body part system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a first car body part having
- an outer skin formed of an at least partially deformable material, said outer skin having a recess,
- an inner layer formed of foamed plastic;
- and
- a second car body part placed in said recess, wherein the second car body part is anchored in the recess by an interlocking fit between the recess and the second car body part.
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