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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Caroline Riviere, Valentigney, FR;
Claude Laurent, Voujeaucourt, FR;
Sébastien Berne, Luze, FR;
Faurecia Bloc Avant, Nanterre, FR;
Abstract
This element () is of the type including a hollow elongate body () made of metal and having a closed section; and a continuous second body () made of plastics material overmolded on the metal first body (), the plastics material second body () including at least two rings () surrounding the metal first body (), the rings () being longitudinally spaced part. In any cross-section of the metal first body (), the plastics material second body () is situated entirely outside the outline of the metal first body (), and the ratio of the axial length of each ring (4) over the longitudinal distance between the rings () is less than 1. The invention is applicable to the front faces of motor vehicles.