IP Library Granted Patent US 12,252,077
Granted Patent B2
US 12,252,077 · App. 17/757,046 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Motor vehicle bodywork panel comprising a transparent portion

Inventors: Damien Boisson (Sainte-Julie, FR); Aurélie Bergeron-Vanhille (Sainte-Julie, FR); Laura Moisan (Sainte-Julie, FR); Elise Dubost (Sainte-Julie, FR); Pallas Leroy (Sainte-Julie, FR)
Assignee: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
B60R13/04
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Patent No.
US 12,252,077
App. No.
17/757,046
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure concerns a motor vehicle bodywork panel, including: a main body, a wall made of a plastic material that is transparent to a visible light, comprising a face visible from an outside of a vehicle, and a coating that is transparent to visible light, wherein the coating covers at least the face visible from the outside of the vehicle of the wall that is transparent to the visible light and visible from the outside of the vehicle, wherein the wall is encapsulated in a sealed manner between the main body and the coating that is transparent to the visible light.

Claims (30)

1. A motor vehicle bodywork panel, characterized in that it comprises:

a main body,

a wall made of a plastic material that is transparent to a visible light, comprising a face visible from an outside of a vehicle, and

a coating that is transparent to the visible light, wherein the coating covers the face visible from the outside of the vehicle of the wall that is transparent to the visible light and is visible from the outside of the vehicle,

wherein the main body is adapted to cover all other faces of the wall, wherein the all other faces of the wall are faces of the wall apart from the face visible from the outside of the vehicle, and wherein the wall is encapsulated in a sealed manner by the main body and the coating that is transparent to the visible light.

2. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein the wall transparent to the visible light is made of polyamide and the coating transparent to the visible light is a film made of polyurethane.

3. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the coating transparent to the visible light is between 0.5 millimeters and 3 millimeters.

4. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one decorative element is positioned in any one of: between the wall transparent to the visible light and the main body and between the wall transparent to the visible light and the coating transparent to the visible light.

5. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one defrosting wire is positioned in any one of: between the wall transparent to the visible light and the main body and between the wall transparent to visible light and the coating transparent to the visible light.

6. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one visible light emitting device is positioned between the wall transparent to visible light and the main body or between the wall transparent to the visible light and the coating transparent to the visible light.

7. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein the bodywork panel forms a bumper skin.

8. The bodywork panel according to claim 1 , wherein the bodywork panel at least partially forms a radome.

9. A method for manufacturing a motor vehicle bodywork panel of claim 1 , comprising: encapsulating a wall made of plastic material transparent to a visible light, wherein the wall is between a coating transparent to the visible light and a main body of the bodywork panel.

10. The method according to claim 9 , comprising the following steps:

applying the coating transparent to the visible light in a mold, and

molding the wall transparent to the visible light on the coating-encapsulating the wall transparent to the visible light in a sealed manner between the coating transparent to the visible light and the main body of the bodywork panel.

11. The method according to claim 9 , comprising the following steps:

molding the wall transparent to the visible light,

overmolding the coating transparent to the visible light on at least one face of the wall transparent to the visible light visible from outside a vehicle, and

encapsulating the wall transparent to the visible light in a sealed manner between the coating transparent to the visible light and the main body of the bodywork panel.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of: at least one decorative element, at least one defrosting wire, and at least one visible light emitting device is placed between the main body and the wall transparent to the visible light.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of: at least one decorative element, at least one defrosting wire, and at least one device for emitting visible light is placed between the coating transparent to the visible light and the wall transparent to the visible light.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the wall transparent to the visible light is made of polyamide and the coating transparent to the visible light is a film made of polyurethane.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein applying the coating in the mold is performed by spraying.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein a thickness of the film made of polyurethane is between 0.5 millimeters and 3 millimeters.

17. A motor vehicle bodywork panel, characterized in that it comprises:

a main body,

a wall made of a plastic material that is transparent to a visible light, comprising a face visible from an outside of a vehicle, and

a coating that is transparent to the visible light, wherein the coating covers the face visible from the outside of the vehicle of the wall that is transparent to the visible light and is visible from the outside of the vehicle,

wherein the main body is adapted to cover all other faces of the wall, wherein the all other faces of the wall are faces of the wall apart from the face visible from the outside of the vehicle, and wherein the wall is encapsulated in a sealed manner by the main body and the coating that is transparent to the visible light only.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
To: OPMOBILITY SE
Reel/Frame 070568/0072 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2022
From: BOISSON, DAMIEN; BERGERON-VANHILLE, AURELIE; MOISAN, LAURA; DUBOST, ELISE; LEROY, PALLAS
To: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
Reel/Frame 060568/0694 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1913985 · Dec 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230001864A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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