IP Library Granted Patent US 11,643,026
Granted Patent B2
US 11,643,026 · App. 16/929,967 · Granted May 9, 2023

Reinforcing insert with through orifices

Inventors: Alexis Rajon (Sainte-Julie, FR); Willem Tchappsky (Sainte-Julie, FR)
B60R13/011B29C45/14819B29K2705/12B29L2031/3014
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Patent No.
US 11,643,026
App. No.
16/929,967
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reinforcing element for a bodywork part made from plastic, forming an insert capable of being at least partially overmolded in the bodywork part, the reinforcing element including a wall delimited by a contour, the wall including an orifice that passes all the way through the thickness of the wall of the reinforcing element, which orifice is a notch emerging at the contour, or a blind orifice at the contour, located, at least in part, in an area of the contour that extends over 40 mm in width from the wall.

Claims (10)

1. A bodywork part of a motor vehicle, made of plastic, characterized in that the bodywork part comprises a reinforcing element forming an insert capable of being at least partially overmolded in the bodywork part, the reinforcing element comprising a wall delimited by a contour, the wall comprising several orifices that pass all the way through a thickness of the wall of the reinforcing element, wherein the orifices are each a notch emerging at the contour of the wall by an opening with a width (I) that is smaller than a length (L) of the notch.

2. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic fills the orifice.

3. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , forming a tailgate lining.

4. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing element is made from metal.

5. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing element is made from steel.

6. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the orifices are configured on the reinforcing element so that the orifices are located partially or entirely under an overmolding rib of the bodywork part.

7. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the orifices are configured on the reinforcing element so that the orifices are located under a base of an overmolding rib of the bodywork part.

8. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing element comprises several similar orifices in terms of shape distributed evenly over at least part of the contour.

9. The bodywork part of a motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing element has a U-shaped section, wherein the notches are on a side part of the wall of the reinforcing element.

10. A bodywork part of a motor vehicle made of plastic, characterized in that the bodywork part comprises a reinforcing element forming an insert capable of being at least partially molded into the bodywork part, the reinforcing element comprising a wall delimited by a contour and an overmolding rib, the wall comprising an orifice that passes all the way through a thickness of the wall of the reinforcing element, wherein the orifice is not located under the overmolding rib of the bodywork part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
To: OPMOBILITY SE
Reel/Frame 069958/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: RAJON, ALEXIS; TCHAPPSKY, WILLEM
To: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
Reel/Frame 055992/0699 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1907931 · Jul 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210016723A1 · Jan 21, 2021