Patent ID: 6086104
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A wheel-arch cover panel for a motor-vehicle formed by an arch shaped thermoformed laminar structure comprising:a layer of plastic material impermeable to liquids;at least one layer of a needled non-woven fabric applied to a first face of the impermeable layer of plastic material facing towards a wheel-well of the motor vehicle, the needled non-woven fabric having a three-dimensional structure, the non-woven fabric having fibers arranged along the arch and extending normal to the arch; andat least one layer of an expanded sheet plastic material applied to a second face of the impermeable layer of plastic material, the at least one layer of expanded sheet plastic material having an exterior surface facing towards the motor vehicle body, and the at least one layer of expanded sheet plastic material being made of open-cell expanded polyurethane.