Patent ID: 6692064
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A blow-molded vehicle part comprising:a front vehicle part portion, and a back vehicle part portion, the front vehicle part and the back vehicle part having an outer unreinforced layer of a thermoplastic that forms a smooth outer surface of the vehicle part and a reinforced inner layer lying against the outer unreinforced layer the reinforced inner layer including at least one of: glass, mineral, carbon fibers, glass microspheres, ceramic microspheres and nano-particles, the back vehicle part portion including a recessed portion that is recessed toward the front vehicle part portion to form a gap space between the front vehicle part portion and the recessed portion, wherein the recessed portion with the gap space is formed during a molding process, the front vehicle part portion and the back vehicle part portion further including another layer of unreinforced thermoplastic that sandwiches the reinforced inner layer between the outer unreinforced layer and said other layer of unreinforced thermoplastic.