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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1987
Hans Vogt, Overath, DE;
Malcom H Russell, Upminster, GB;
Richard C McKechnie, Hoourheide, NL;
Derek F Gentle, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A double-walled, plastic, structural body panel for motor vehicles, such as a door or tailgate, comprises an outer part and an inner part, both preferably injection-molded of a thermoplastic synthetic material, which are joined together along edge areas. Both the outer edge areas (4) and the inner edge areas (5) have adjacent flat joining areas (7/8 and 9/10, respectively). A web or flange (11 and 12, respectively) extends approximately at right angles to the adjacent flat joining areas. An adhesion coating (6) or an adhesion welding joint is formed at the adjacent flat joining areas.