Patent ID: 8894128

Claim:
An assembly of a motor vehicle opening panel and a plurality of reinforcing elements, wherein each of said plurality of reinforcing elements has an elongate shape and two ends, said motor vehicle opening panel being an interior panel of a hatch, said interior panel being made from plastic material and comprising a plurality of connecting elements and a substantially flat surface, said plurality of connecting elements being molded with and projecting out of said substantially flat surface, each of said plurality of reinforcing elements being connected to said interior panel in such a way that each end of said plurality of reinforcing elements is at least partially superimposed onto at least one of said plurality of connecting elements, said plurality of reinforcing elements and said plurality of connecting elements forming one or more continuous frames when said plurality of reinforcing elements and said interior panel are connected, said one or more continuous frames being formed on an exterior side of said interior panel; wherein at least one of said plurality of reinforcing elements has an open cross-section whose concavity is oriented towards the interior panel and receives said plurality of connecting elements therein.