Vehicle body panel and method of manufacturing same
OwnerHans Joachim Langhoff, Matthias Ludwig +4inventors
InventorsHans Joachim Langhoff, Matthias Ludwig, Marcus Lutz, Tobias Niesner, Harald Batke, Frank Niebuhr
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Abstract
A vehicle body panel and a method for manufacturing a vehicle body panel includes a thin plastic film that is applied to a deep-drawn, film-like exterior covering before a back-foamed layer is applied to the exterior covering. When the film hardens, it improves the structural stability of the film, preventing indentations due to varying levels of shrinkage of the back-foamed layer from becoming visible on the exterior covering.
Claims21
A method for manufacturing a vehicle body panel, comprising:
- applying a plastic film onto a reverse side of a film-like exterior covering;
- hardening the plastic film;
- and
- applying a back-foamed layer on top of the hardened plastic film.
A vehicle body panel, comprising:
- a film-like exterior covering;
- a rigid film disposed on a reverse side of the exterior covering;
- and
- a back-foamed layer on top of the rigid film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.