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Automobile component made of plastic

US8511742B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

WEBASTO AG · DE

Inventors

Dirk Legler · Weil, DE
Jan Woköck · Bad Aibling, DE
Adam Wagner · Stockdorf, DE
Thomas Peter · Southbury, US
Michael Kolbl · Schwanau, DE
Thomas Stemmer · Munich, DE
Petra Heuser · Munich, DE
Detlev Mies · Elsdorf, DE
Hans-Jürgen Liebig · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2009
Grant date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB32B2605/08
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle component made of plastic, in particular a vehicle body shell component, with at least one supporting layer, with at least one outer skin and with at least one tear-resistant splinter protection layer. According to the invention, the splinter protection layer is formed as a splinter protection fabric and is embedded in the at least one supporting layer, in particular in the edge region thereof, or between two adjacent layers. The splinter protection fabric has the effect of avoiding sharp-edged breaks of the vehicle component in an accident.

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