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GB2376667B - Body parts, including body panels for vehicles - Google Patents

Body parts, including body panels for vehicles

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Publication number
GB2376667B
GB2376667B GB0223755A GB0223755A GB2376667B GB 2376667 B GB2376667 B GB 2376667B GB 0223755 A GB0223755 A GB 0223755A GB 0223755 A GB0223755 A GB 0223755A GB 2376667 B GB2376667 B GB 2376667B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
vehicles
panels
parts
body parts
including body
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0223755A
Other versions
GB2376667A (en
GB0223755D0 (en
Inventor
Anthony George Shute
Robin Anthony Shute
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Lotus Cars Ltd
Original Assignee
Lotus Cars Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from GB0013271A external-priority patent/GB0013271D0/en
Application filed by Lotus Cars Ltd filed Critical Lotus Cars Ltd
Publication of GB0223755D0 publication Critical patent/GB0223755D0/en
Publication of GB2376667A publication Critical patent/GB2376667A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2376667B publication Critical patent/GB2376667B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D29/00—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof
    • B62D29/04—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof predominantly of synthetic material
    • B62D29/043—Superstructures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/10—Forming by pressure difference, e.g. vacuum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D27/00—Connections between superstructure or understructure sub-units
    • B62D27/06—Connections between superstructure or understructure sub-units readily releasable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D29/00—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof
    • B62D29/04—Superstructures, understructures, or sub-units thereof, characterised by the material thereof predominantly of synthetic material
    • B62D29/048—Connections therefor, e.g. joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C2791/00—Shaping characteristics in general
    • B29C2791/004—Shaping under special conditions
    • B29C2791/006—Using vacuum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C2795/00—Printing on articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state
    • B29C2795/007—Printing on articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state after shaping
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/26—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C51/30—Moulds
    • B29C51/34—Moulds for undercut articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/26—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C51/44—Removing or ejecting moulded articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2069/00—Use of PC, i.e. polycarbonates or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2995/00—Properties of moulding materials, reinforcements, fillers, preformed parts or moulds
    • B29K2995/0018—Properties of moulding materials, reinforcements, fillers, preformed parts or moulds having particular optical properties, e.g. fluorescent or phosphorescent
    • B29K2995/0026—Transparent
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2995/00—Properties of moulding materials, reinforcements, fillers, preformed parts or moulds
    • B29K2995/0018—Properties of moulding materials, reinforcements, fillers, preformed parts or moulds having particular optical properties, e.g. fluorescent or phosphorescent
    • B29K2995/0029—Translucent
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/30—Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Blow-Moulding Or Thermoforming Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
GB0223755A 2000-05-31 2001-05-31 Body parts, including body panels for vehicles Expired - Fee Related GB2376667B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0013271A GB0013271D0 (en) 2000-05-31 2000-05-31 An automobile
GB0023817A GB0023817D0 (en) 2000-05-31 2000-09-28 An automobile
PCT/GB2001/002448 WO2001092087A1 (en) 2000-05-31 2001-05-31 Body parts, including body parts for vehicles

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0223755D0 GB0223755D0 (en) 2002-11-20
GB2376667A GB2376667A (en) 2002-12-24
GB2376667B true GB2376667B (en) 2003-07-09

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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GB0223755A Expired - Fee Related GB2376667B (en) 2000-05-31 2001-05-31 Body parts, including body panels for vehicles

Country Status (3)

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AU (1) AU2001260496A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2376667B (en)
WO (1) WO2001092087A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2832687B1 (en) 2001-11-29 2004-03-05 Plastic Omnium Cie MOTOR VEHICLE BODY PIECE HAVING A DEPTH APPEARANCE MARKED
EP1876087B2 (en) * 2006-07-06 2014-11-19 Roof Systems Germany GmbH Method of manufacturing a foamed vehicle component
PT106924A (en) * 2013-05-07 2014-03-18 António Silvestre Bento Pereira MODULAR, TRANSLUCENT AND ILLUMINATED BODYWORK
DE202016000479U1 (en) * 2016-01-27 2017-04-28 Gm Global Technology Operations, Llc motor vehicle

Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1059556A (en) * 1964-09-22 1967-02-22 Ici Ltd Motor car bodies
US3686051A (en) * 1968-07-04 1972-08-22 Diva Cars Ltd Method of making laminated motor land vehicle body
JPH01178090A (en) * 1987-12-29 1989-07-14 Isuzu Motors Ltd Outer shell structure of automobile
EP0625458A1 (en) * 1993-05-19 1994-11-23 Alusuisse-Lonza Services Ag Vehicle bodies
JPH08216930A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-08-27 Mitsubishi Motors Corp Car body fender protector
GB2311966A (en) * 1996-04-11 1997-10-15 R J Designrights Limited Motor vehicle manufactured from modular plastics panels
US5934745A (en) * 1995-10-06 1999-08-10 Daimlerchrysler Corporation Motor vehicle body
US6010182A (en) * 1997-04-11 2000-01-04 Joalto Design, Inc. Vehicle chassis and body construction
WO2000067920A2 (en) * 1999-05-10 2000-11-16 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Decoratively enameled plastic molded parts for motor vehicles
WO2001023248A1 (en) * 1999-09-29 2001-04-05 Scania Cv Ab (Publ) Arrangement and method for fastening a flat component at a vehicle
DE19951785A1 (en) * 1999-10-27 2001-05-03 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Component with regions of different colors, e.g. a car body part, is made by backing a transparent film with different materials in successive steps

Patent Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1059556A (en) * 1964-09-22 1967-02-22 Ici Ltd Motor car bodies
US3686051A (en) * 1968-07-04 1972-08-22 Diva Cars Ltd Method of making laminated motor land vehicle body
JPH01178090A (en) * 1987-12-29 1989-07-14 Isuzu Motors Ltd Outer shell structure of automobile
EP0625458A1 (en) * 1993-05-19 1994-11-23 Alusuisse-Lonza Services Ag Vehicle bodies
JPH08216930A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-08-27 Mitsubishi Motors Corp Car body fender protector
US5934745A (en) * 1995-10-06 1999-08-10 Daimlerchrysler Corporation Motor vehicle body
GB2311966A (en) * 1996-04-11 1997-10-15 R J Designrights Limited Motor vehicle manufactured from modular plastics panels
US6010182A (en) * 1997-04-11 2000-01-04 Joalto Design, Inc. Vehicle chassis and body construction
WO2000067920A2 (en) * 1999-05-10 2000-11-16 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Decoratively enameled plastic molded parts for motor vehicles
WO2001023248A1 (en) * 1999-09-29 2001-04-05 Scania Cv Ab (Publ) Arrangement and method for fastening a flat component at a vehicle
DE19951785A1 (en) * 1999-10-27 2001-05-03 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Component with regions of different colors, e.g. a car body part, is made by backing a transparent film with different materials in successive steps

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WO2001092087A1 (en) 2001-12-06
AU2001260496A1 (en) 2001-12-11
GB2376667A (en) 2002-12-24
GB0223755D0 (en) 2002-11-20

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Effective date: 20070531