Motor vehicle outer tailgate panel
AssigneeOPmobility SE
InventorsPhilippe COUDRON, Benoît BRIAND
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Abstract
An outer panel of a motor vehicle tailgate intended to be glued to a liner, the outer panel including a main body, a recess forming an optical unit housing and having a lower wall, and a bonding wall extending from the lower wall and including an end portion connected to an upper edge of the outer panel. A first connecting wall extends from the end portion of the bonding wall to an inner face of the main body so as to form a second bonding ramp of the outer panel. An end of the first connecting wall is attached to the inner face of the main body having a thickness less than that of the upper wall of the main body.
Claims14
An outer panel of a motor vehicle tailgate intended to be glued to a liner, the outer panel being made of plastic and comprising:
- a main body comprising at least one side wall and an upper wall,
- a recess forming an optical unit housing and comprising a lower wall, and
- a bonding wall extending from the lower wall and along the side wall, comprising a first side connected to the side wall, and comprising an end portion connected to an upper edge of the upper wall, the bonding wall forming a first ramp for bonding the outer panel to a liner,
- a first connecting wall extending at the end portion of the bonding wall, from a second side of the bonding wall opposite the first side of the bonding wall connected to the side wall, to an inner face of the main body so as to form a second bonding ramp of the outer panel to a liner, an end of the first connecting wall attached to the inner face of the main body having a thickness less than that of the upper wall of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.