US 11,787,272 B2
Hybrid composite tailgate
Ilona Maria Francois Grond-Soons, Schimmert (NL); Davy Wilhelmus Anna Brands, Maastricht (NL); David Vincentius Wilhelmus Maria De Vries, Eindhoven (NL); and Sandeep Chandrakant Kulkarni, Maastricht (NL)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 16/462,716
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/081169
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/100146, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 16201600 (EP), filed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0366813 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B29K 623/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/107 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14631 (2013.01); B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29K 2623/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid tailgate for a vehicle, comprising a thermoplastic inner structure forming the carrier frame of the tailgate, and at least one composite reinforcement part to reinforce the carrier frame, wherein the composite reinforcement part and the thermoplastic inner structure are separate structures, wherein the composite reinforcement part is connected to the thermoplastic inner structure at a first surface, wherein the composite reinforcement part forms a continuous load path in the inner structure enclosing a tailgate window opening for a window glazing part of the tailgate, wherein the reinforcement part comprises a composite material laminate.