Faurecia Bloc Avant

Flex-n-gate France

Laurent Droz-Bartholet

Vincent Gonin

Julien Dufee

Marie-Pierre Buron

Christian Henigue

Didier Imbert

Guillaume Chambon

The invention relates to an opening part of a motor vehicle comprising a reinforcing element extending at least partially along a main plane, intended to reinforce fasteners and the environment of a lock of the opening part, and an envelope made from plastic, comprising an inner part overmolded at least partially on an inner face of the reinforcing element. The reinforcing element comprises at least one orifice, and the envelope comprises at least one external part including a segment passing through said orifice and a covering part locally covering one edge of the orifice on an outer face of the reinforcing element.

Opening part of a motor vehicle

Such a distribution of the ribsmakes it possible to determine the behavior of the bumper under impact. In particular, the behavior of the bumpervaries depending on the point of impact on said bumperupon collision. The bumperaccording to the invention makes it possible to satisfy pedestrian impact standards, which are becoming ever more stringent. In particular, in the case of a pedestrian impact, provision must be made for deceleration of the pedestrian's knee, irrespective of the point of impact of the knee.

Motor vehicle front-end panel comprising a structural frame and a bumper

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Audincourt, France

Laurent Droz-Bartholet