Double-walled structural body panel for motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsHans Vogt, Malcom H. Russell, Richard C. McKechnie, Derek F. Gentle
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Abstract
A double-walled, plastic, structural body panel for motor vehicles, such as a door or tailgate, comprises an outer part and an inner part, both preferably injection-molded of a thermoplastic synthetic material, which are joined together along edge areas. Both the outer edge areas (4) and the inner edge areas (5) have adjacent flat joining areas (7/8 and 9/10, respectively). A web or flange (11 and 12, respectively) extends approximately at right angles to the adjacent flat joining areas. An adhesion coating (6) or an adhesion welding joint is formed at the adjacent flat joining areas.
Claims10
A double-walled, plastic, structural body panel for a motor vehicle, comprising an outer member and an inner member, an outer edge area of the outer member comprising a first flat joining area, an outer edge area of the inner member comprising a second flat joining area corresponding to said first flat joining area, an inner edge area of the outer member comprising a third flat joining area, and an inner edge area of the inner member comprising a fourth flat joining area corresponding to said third flat joining area, aid outer member and said inner member being joined together at said outer edge areas by an adhesion joint formed by and between said first flat joining area and said second flat joining area, and at said inner edge areas by a second adhesion joint formed by and between said third flat joining area and said fourth flat joining area, wherein the outer edge area of one of said outer member and inner member further comprises a web extending approximately at right angles to said flat joining area thereof and substantially parallel to and proximate an inner surface of the other one of said outer member and inner member, and wherein the inner edge area of one of said outer member and said inner member further comprises a second web extending approximately at right angles to said flat joining area thereof and substantially parallel to and proximate an inner surface of the other one of said outer member and inner member.
A double-walled, plastic, structural body panel for a motor vehicle, comprising an outer member and an inner member, an outer edge area of the outer member comprising a first flat joining area, an outer edge area of the inner member comprising a second flat joining area corresponding to said first flat joining area, an inner edge of the outer member comprising a third flat joining area, and an inner edge area of the inner member comprising a fourth flat joining area corresponding to said third flat joining area, said outer member and said inner member being joined together at said outer edge areas by an adhesion joint formed by and between said first flat joining area and said second flat joining area, and at said inner edge areas by a second adhesion joint formed by and between said third flat joining area and said fourth flat joining area, wherein the outer edge area of said outer member further comprises a web extending approximately at right angles to said flat joining area thereof and substantially parallel to and proximate an inner surface of said inner member, and wherein the inner edge area of said inner member further comprises a second web extending approximately at right angles to said flat joining area thereof and substantially parallel to and proximate an inner surface of said outer member.
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