Patent ID: 6547317
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle structural component, with a specialized front wall, comprising a functional part made of moulded plastic to support functional members of the vehicle and a structural part to withstand the various mechanical stresses generated by use of the vehicle, the structural part comprising a combination of two rigid assemblies, the assemblies comprising an array of stiffening ribs, and metal reinforcements, wherein the functional part and one of the rigid assemblies are made as one piece when moulding the plastic functional part, while the other rigid assembly is attached to the first rigid assembly to which it is fixed by snap-fastening, wherein the array of ribs and the functional part are produced simultaneously by moulding a plastic, and the metal reinforcements are snapped onto the array of ribs, the metal reinforcement includes at least one hole into which a shaped catching piece, produced in the array of ribs, penetrates, and the shaped catching piece is positioned at the intersection of two ribs.