IP Library Granted Patent US 11,850,926
Granted Patent B2
US 11,850,926 · App. 17/957,520 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Motor vehicle opening panel provided with an equipment support plate and a removable skin

Inventors: Franck Leterrier (Sainte-Julie, FR); Philippe Coudron (Sainte-Julie, FR)
B60J5/107
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Patent No.
US 11,850,926
App. No.
17/957,520
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle opening panel including an inner panel, preferably made of plastic material, provided with an upper part in which a first opening is made that is intended to accommodate a rear window, and an outer skin, at least partially made of plastic material, attached to the inner panel, comprising an inner surface located opposite an outer surface of the inner panel. The opening panel further includes a support plate for at least one equipment item covered by the outer skin. The inner surface of the outer skin is attached directly to the support plate 4 in a sealed manner. The plate is arranged inside an inner volume delimited by the outer surface of the inner panel and by the inner surface of the outer skin. The outer skin is attached directly and fastened removably to the inner panel or to the plate.

Claims (15)

1. A motor vehicle opening panel, comprising:

an inner panel, made of plastic material, provided with an upper part in which a first opening is made that is intended to accommodate a rear window, and

an outer skin, at least partially made of plastic material, attached to the inner panel, comprising an inner surface located opposite an outer surface of the inner panel, characterized in that it further comprises a support plate for at least one equipment item covered by the outer skin, the inner surface of the outer skin being attached directly to the support plate in a sealed manner, said plate being arranged inside a volume delimited, on the one hand, by the outer surface of the inner panel and, on the other hand, by the inner surface of the outer skin,

the outer skin being applied directly and fastened removably to the inner panel or to the support plate.

2. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin is configured so as to be able to be detached from the inner panel or from the plate, then to be moved away from it toward an outside of the vehicle.

3. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the inner surface of the outer skin is applied directly and fastened to the outer surface of the inner panel or to the plate so that the outer skin can be detached from the inner panel in a removable manner.

4. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 3 , wherein the outer skin is fastened to the outer surface of the inner panel by screwing.

5. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the outer skin is attached to an outer surface of the inner panel in a sealed manner.

6. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 5 , wherein the outer skin is attached to the outer surface of the inner panel using a seal placed between the inner surface of the outer skin and the outer surface of the inner panel.

7. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the equipment support plate comprises a niche whose walls delimit a volume in which said at least one equipment item is inserted and a peripheral rim extending the walls of the niche.

8. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the equipment support plate is applied directly and fastened to the outer surface of the inner panel by gluing.

9. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the equipment support plate is applied directly and fastened to the outer surface of the inner panel in a removable manner.

10. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 9 , wherein the equipment support plate is screwed to the outer surface of the inner panel.

11. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein a seal is placed between the support plate and the inner surface of the outer skin.

12. The motor vehicle opening panel according to claim 1 , wherein the equipment support plate comprises a device emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation and the outer skin comprises, opposite the device emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation, a transmission zone, made of plastic, that is at least partially transparent to said electromagnetic radiation.

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 4, 2023
From: LETERRIER, FRANCK; COUDRON, PHILIPPE
To: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SE
Reel/Frame 063216/0889 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2110436 · Oct 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230107750A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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