Patent ID: 11919276
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A motor vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body with a passenger compartment;
a prime mover mounted on the vehicle body and operable to propel the motor vehicle; and
a multilayer body panel mounted on the vehicle body and covering at least a portion of the passenger compartment, the multilayer body panel including:
an exterior layer including a transparent rigid material;
a bonding layer attached to the exterior layer and including a transparent adhesive material; and
a structural reinforcement layer attached to the bonding and exterior layers and including a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) material with a rigid polymer reinforced with fibers,

wherein the multilayer body panel has a plan-view profile with a plan area having a length and a width, the structural reinforcement, exterior, and bonding layers extending substantially the entire length and width of the plan area, and the fibers within the structural reinforcement layer localized to a discrete region within the plan area.