Engine hood lining for automotive vehicles
AssigneeDynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFranz-Werner Alfter, Hans-Ulrich Breitscheidel
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Abstract
An engine hood lining for automotive vehicles has a continuous sheet-like body that is formed of a closed-cell polyethylene foam material and is shaped to fit the inside contour of a hood of the vehicle.
Claims1
An engine hood lining for an automotive vehicle which comprises a contoured, one-piece, molded composite panel adapted to cover struts extending across the inside portion of a hood of an automotive vehicle, said composite panel consisting of a closed-cell polyethylene foam material laminated on at least one side with a non-foamed polymer sheet and being shaped by molding to have a contour that fits the inside contour of the hood of the vehicle, said non-foamed polymer sheet being a heavy-weight sheet containing a mineral filler, said non-foamed polymer being a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate containing 50-90% by weight of barium sulfate as the filler.
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