Motherson Innovations Company Limited

Oscar Malicki

Andrew Lettis

Callum Scott-Collins

Steve Horne

Kane Connor

Steve Rawding

Matthew McKay

A hinge arm assembly for a charge flap arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a housing cap having at least one flexible hinge arm support, a charge flap housing coupled partially with the flexible hinge arm support, a hinge arm with a built-in drive shaft clipped into the housing cap and hold in place with clamping force, an actuator coupled to the built-in drive shaft, and at least one sealing component arranged between the actuator and the housing cap.

Electrical charging flap

The present invention provides an exterior rear view assembly, comprising: a base frame comprising a bodywork side surface configured to be attached to a vehicle body; a seal configured to be attached to the base frame for sealing at least one feed-through opening, which is provided on the bodywork side surface, wherein the seal comprises an attachment section attachable to the bodywork side surface of the base frame and comprising at least one locking element for locking the seal in the feed-through opening, wherein the seal further comprises a grommet section configured for feed-through of a cable harness and protruding from the attachment section in a vehicle outboard direction. Furthermore, the invention provides a seal for such an exterior rear view assembly.

Exterior rear view assembly and seal

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Portchester, United Kingdom

Oscar Malicki