Patent ID: 7757809

Claim:
Cover part for a vehicle comprising a porous core layer and at least one cover layer on each side, wherein the porous core layer comprises a thermoplastic matrix with embedded reinforcing fibers whose melting point temperature is higher than the melting point temperature of the plastic matrix, and wherein at least one of the cover layers comprises a fibrous nonwoven covering material having a glass-fiber component; wherein the glass-fiber component imparts stiffness-forming properties on the fibrous nonwoven covering material; wherein the fibrous nonwoven covering material in the at least one cover layer includes high melting point and low melting point fibers; and wherein the melting point temperature of the high melting point fibers is higher than the melting point of the low melting point fibers such that the high melting point fibers provide fiber structure to the cover part and the low melting point fibers act as bonding fibers for the cover part.