Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element for a bodywork component is provided. The method, characterized in that a rough form made of plastic and comprising at least one housing on a first face is manufactured, a connection member comprising a first end accessible from the side of the first face of the rough form and a second end accessible from the side of a second face of the rough form is pre-positioned with respect to the rough form, a heating track is positioned on the first face of the rough form, a connection part of the track is affixed to the first end of the connection member, the first end of the connection member and the connection part of the track are squeezed together and welded by the input of electrical energy, the first end of the connection member is positioned in the housing, and an additional layer of plastic is over molded.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a longitudinal structural element at each of its side edges, at least two shells superposed in such a manner as to form a housing, each shell being connected to the structural elements; at least one battery component comprising an energy storage unit arranged in the housing; and at least one fastener element connecting a shell to a member situated in the housing or to the other shell, the fastener element(s) being arranged in such a manner that the or at least one battery component is in compression in the shell-superposition direction, essentially corresponding to the vertical direction.

Abstract: A vehicle structure includes a longitudinal structural element at each of its side edges, at least two shells superposed in such a manner as to form a housing, each shell being connected to the structural elements; at least one battery component comprising an energy storage unit arranged in the housing; and at least one fastener element connecting a shell to a member situated in the housing or to the other shell, the fastener element(s) being arranged in such a manner that the or at least one battery component is in compression in the shell-superposition direction, essentially corresponding to the vertical direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a part (2) of thermoplastic material covered on the surface by an electrically conductive foil (4) of thickness less than 0.1 mm, the part also including a rib (6), and the method comprising a step of depositing on an inside surface of a mold defining the shape of the part (2), an electrically conductive foil (4) in such a manner as to cover at least part of a blind orifice of the mold opening out into its inside surface and defining the shape of the rib (6), a step of forming at least one opening (14) through the foil (4) leading to the orifice and shaped to allow the fluid thermoplastic material to pass therethrough, and to ensure that the foil (4) remains in a single piece, and a step of filling the mold with fluid thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A reinforcement piece (10?) for a motor vehicle bodywork element made of plastics material, including an empty space (20) for receiving electrical equipment (22), and means (16) for securing a metal plate (21), preferably by snap-fastening, said means being arranged on the reinforcement piece in such a manner as to hold said plate beneath the empty space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcement piece (6) for reinforcing a piece of motor vehicle bodywork, the reinforcement piece comprising at least one strip (8, 12) of thermoplastic material defining at least one opening (10) in the piece (6), the piece being covered at least in part in an electrically-conductive covering (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforcement piece (6) for reinforcing a piece of motor vehicle bodywork, the reinforcement piece comprising at least one strip (8, 12) of thermoplastic material defining at least one opening (10) in the piece (6), the piece being covered at least in part in an electrically-conductive covering (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a part (2) of thermoplastic material covered on the surface by an electrically conductive foil (4) of thickness less than 0.1 mm, the part also including a rib (6), and the method comprising a step of depositing on an inside surface of a mold defining the shape of the part (2), an electrically conductive foil (4) in such a manner as to cover at least part of a blind orifice of the mold opening out into its inside surface and defining the shape of the rib (6), a step of forming at least one opening (14) through the foil (4) leading to the orifice and shaped to allow the fluid thermoplastic material to pass therethrough, and to ensure that the foil (4) remains in a single piece, and a step of filling the mold with fluid thermoplastic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for monitoring a member that is stationary relative to a motor vehicle, the member having at least one position for proper operation, and a position in which it does not operate properly. The device comprises: measurement means suitable for measuring a geometrical magnitude characteristic of the position of at least a portion of the member relative to another stationary member of the vehicle, and for delivering a signal; comparator means connected to the measurement means and suitable for comparing the signal with a set of reference signals corresponding to at least one position for proper operation, said set being stored in the comparator means and supplying a positive result when the measured signal forms part of the set of reference signals, and otherwise supplying a negative result; and warning means connected to the comparator means and suitable for triggering a malfunction alert when the result supplied by the comparator means is negative.