Abstract: A rear vehicle assembly includes a body structure, a moveable tailgate, and an opening and closing device. The opening and closing device includes connecting rods fixing the tailgate to the body structure. The connecting rods are hinged at a first end to the body structure and at a second end to a lateral edge of the tailgate. One of the connecting rods includes first and second rectilinear sections and a curved section. The first and second rectilinear sections are located on respective concave and convex sides of the curved section.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2020
Assignees:
FLEX-N-GATE FRANCE, PLASTIC OMNIUM AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIORS GMBH
Inventors:
Claude Laurent, Frederic Bois, Virgile Gros
Abstract: This front assembly of a motor vehicle includes a bumper skin defining an outer surface that is visible from the outside and having at least one opening formed in the outer surface. The front assembly also includes a shutter for selectively closing and releasing the opening, at least partially. The shutter includes a flexible flap having a fixed portion relative to the bumper skin and a movable portion relative to the bumper skin, wherein the movable portion is movable between a shuttering position in which the opening is shuttered by the flexible flap and a releasing position in which the opening is released.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2020
Assignees:
FLEX-N-GATE FRANCE, PLASTIC OMNIUM AUTOMOTIVE EXTERIORS GMBH
Inventors:
Claude Laurent, Frederic Bois, Virgille Gros
Abstract: Vehicle body element including: a translucent body (20), a holder body (22) intended to sustain the translucent body (20) to the vehicle, forming an enclosure (32), and a light system (24) extending in the enclosure (32), adapted to diffuse light through the translucent body (20). The translucent body (20) has a constant thickness and is made of a partially opaque material being arranged to let the light emitted by the light system (24) pass through the translucent body (20) when the light system (24) is turned on, the partially opaque material having a light transmittance chosen so that the quantity of natural light passing through the translucent body (20), reflecting on the light system (24) and passing back through the translucent body (20) is sufficiently low to blank the light system (24) when the light system (24) is switched off.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 19, 2019
Assignees:
Flex-N-Gate France, Plastic Omnium Automotive Exteriors GmbH, Flex-N-Gate Germany GmbH
Inventors:
Chawki Benboujema, Frederick Bois, Thorsten Leudts