Compagnie Plastic Omnium

Pascal Banry

Hugues Cheron

Gerald Andre

Thierry Roussel

Philippe Gilotte

Denis Gille

Riad Chaaya

Pierre Cottet

The invention provides a motor vehicle bumper comprising: The front end of the block is disposed in register with the second impact zone of the shield.

Passive safety device

A front end part for the engine hood of a vehicle that can accommodate small deformations that result from impacts at low speed or other kinds of thrusts without there being any damage to the hood. The part being made of a deformable plastics material and including a strength member for fixing it to an engine hood so as to extend the hood towards the front of the vehicle. The vehicle front face can also include such an end part in addition to a hood and a bumper.

End part for a vehicle engine hood

A Motor vehicle wheel arch has a body of thermoplastic material with an opening and a mat closing the opening and fixed to the body by strips of thermoplastic material. A method of making the arch includes injecting the strips onto the mat and allowing them to solidify in contact therewith. An edge is formed on a reduced thickness portion of the strip. In cross-section, the edge thickness relates to the edge width l by a mathematical function f such that:where h is the height of the edge at its junction with the strip.

Method of making a motor vehicle wheel arch, and a wheel arch obtained by implementing the method

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Bourg Saint Christophe, France

Pascal Banry