US 12,214,648 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)
Filed by SABIC Global Technologies B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,711.
Application 18/234,711 is a continuation of application No. 16/462,716, granted, now 11,787,272, previously published as PCT/EP2017/081169, filed on Dec. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16201600 (EP), filed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391172 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (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); B29C 45/1671 (2013.01); B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29K 2623/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid tailgate for a vehicle, comprising
a thermoplastic inner structure forming the carrier frame of the tailgate,
at least one composite reinforcement part to reinforce the carrier frame, and
an inner cover to cover the inner structure,
wherein the composite reinforcement part is connected to the thermoplastic inner structure at a first surface,
wherein the composite reinforcement part forms a substantially continuous load path in the inner structure enclosing a tailgate window opening for a window glazing part of the tailgate,
wherein the composite reinforcement part comprises
a pair of D-pillar reinforcement parts for strengthening the D-pillar of the inner structure; and
a pair of further reinforcement parts depending from the substantially continuous load path, each connected to and extending between each of the D-pillar reinforcement parts to a lock receiving portion of the inner structure, and
wherein the composite reinforcement part is connected to and forms an integral unit with the thermoplastic inner structure.