Composite component for vehicle bodywork

US6499797B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Meritor Automotive GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Horst Bohm · Frankfurt, DE
• Thomas Becher · McLean, US
• Rainer Grimm · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 1999
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B32B2605/08
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.