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US 6,499,797 B1Granted
Composite component for vehicle bodywork
AssigneeMeritor Automotive GmbH
InventorsHorst Böhm, Thomas Becher, Rainer Grimm
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Abstract
A sandwich structure includes a deep-drawn outer skin and a plastic layer foamed onto the inner side of the outer skin. The plastic layer provides a decorative plastic film on its upper surface and a frame at its outer edge. An encircling canting about the plastic layer retains a sheathing that is provided over the entire flat area of the outer skin to increase the modulus of elasticity of the plastic layer.
Claims21
A structure for a vehicle body, comprising:
- a deep-drawn outer skin;
- a plastic layer foamed on a first side of said outer skin, said outer skin having a canting that contacts said plastic layer;
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- a sheathing adjacent said outer skin and in said plastic layer, said sheathing increasing the modulus of elasticity of said plastic layer.
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