Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a hybrid-structure part of a motor vehicle, comprising shaping of a sheet of metallic material, the provision of a sheet of composite material, application of a layer of connecting material on a face of said metallic material sheet or on a face of said composite material sheet, the shaping of a hybrid element by shaping said composite material sheet to the shape of said metallic material sheet and joining the composite material sheet to the metallic material sheet by means of said connecting material layer, and the production of rigidification elements by overmoulding using a polymer material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hybrid structure of a motor vehicle, including a step of assembling a structural element formed of a sheet of shaped metal material and a strip of composite material that includes at least one layer of fibres impregnated or embedded in a polymer matrix, covers a portion of a surface of said structural element, and is extracted from a large rectangular sheet including an upper edge and a lower edge which are parallel to one another, the strip of composite material being obtained by extracting a portion of the large sheet according to a first cut-out line and second cut-out line, each running from the upper edge to the lower edge. Each of the cut-out lines has a point of symmetry arranged equidistantly from the upper edge and the lower edge, such that any given point of a cut-out line is symmetrical, with respect to said point of symmetry, with another point belonging to said cut-out line.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a hybrid-structure part of a motor vehicle, comprising shaping of a sheet of metallic material, the provision of a sheet of composite material, application of a layer of connecting material on a face of said metallic material sheet or on a face of said composite material sheet, the shaping of a hybrid element by shaping said composite material sheet to the shape of said metallic material sheet and joining the composite material sheet to the metallic material sheet by means of said connecting material layer, and the production of ngidification elements by overmoulding using a polymer material.

Abstract: This lateral upright for a motor vehicle body shell is intended to separate two window openings of the body shell, for example two lateral window openings at the front and rear. It comprises at least one stiffening section comprising two side plates that are substantially parallel to one another and are connected together by a web. The section is made of composite material. The side plates are intended to extend substantially parallel to a lateral window opening of the body shell. The web of the section made of composite material forms, with the side plates, a cellular structure.

Abstract: This lateral upright for a motor vehicle body shell is intended to separate two window openings of the body shell, for example two lateral window openings at the front and rear. It comprises at least one stiffening section comprising two side plates that are substantially parallel to one another and are connected together by a web. The section is made of composite material. The side plates are intended to extend substantially parallel to a lateral window opening of the body shell. The web of the section made of composite material forms, with the side plates, a cellular structure.

Abstract: A vehicle hood lining presenting at least one depression that is preferably elongate along an edge of the lining, the depression presenting, at a distance from its ends, at least one singularity that is not reproduced both identically and continuously all along the length of the depression.

Abstract: A vehicle hood lining presenting at least one depression that is preferably elongate along an edge of the lining, the depression presenting, at a distance from its ends, at least one singularity that is not reproduced both identically and continuously all along the length of the depression.

Abstract: A motor vehicle hood lining for stiffening the hood in the vicinity of its periphery and co-operating therewith to form a hollow body over at least a fraction of its periphery, the lining being generally of channel section with a bottom and side walls. Said bottom or at least one of said side walls presents, at least locally, a zone of weakness that is dimensioned in such a manner that in the event of the hood impacting the head of a pedestrian, once the bottom of the hollow body has come to bear against a high hard point placed in the engine compartment, the zone of weakness breaks. The invention also relates to a combination of such a lining with various hard points in an engine compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle hood comprising a visible outside skin and a lining, in which the lining is shaped in such a manner that: the hood has reinforcements comprising a plurality of hollow bodies defined by the skin and by the lining; and that the hood includes at least one zone having no reinforcement and designed to be placed in register with a localized rigid part under the hood. The reinforcements further comprise at least one rib extending between two of the hollow bodies of the plurality, so as to interconnect the hollow bodies.

Abstract: The energy absorber system is adapted to a motor vehicle having side rails. The system comprises a top absorber beam positioning in front of the side rails of the motor vehicle, a bottom absorber beam for being positioned beneath the top absorber beam, and at least two uprights providing a rigid connection between the top and bottom beams. The system also includes a rigid cross-member extending between the side rails and being secured directly to the side rails, the top beam being secured to bear against the cross-member.

Abstract: The rear door is for fitting to a motor vehicle having a rear chassis and a rear insurance impact absorber system suitable for absorbing insurance type impacts so as to prevent plastic deformation of the rear chassis of the vehicle. The door carries the rear impact absorber system of the vehicle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle hood lining for stiffening the hood in the vicinity of its periphery and co-operating therewith to form a hollow body over at least a fraction of its periphery, the lining being generally of channel section with a bottom and side walls. Said bottom or at least one of said side walls presents, at least locally, a zone of weakness that is dimensioned in such a manner that in the event of the hood impacting the head of a pedestrian, once the bottom of the hollow body has come to bear against a high hard point placed in the engine compartment, the zone of weakness breaks. The invention also relates to a combination of such a lining with various hard points in an engine compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle part including a light unit support possessing an initial “operational” position in which the light unit is held at a given height on the vehicle. The light unit support also is configured to take up a second “depressed” configuration on being subjected to a vertical force that is substantially equal to that of an impact with the head of a pedestrian, in which second configuration the light unit is located lower down relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: The rear door is for fitting to a motor vehicle having a rear chassis and a rear insurance impact absorber system suitable for absorbing insurance type impacts so as to prevent plastic deformation of the rear chassis of the vehicle. The door carries the rear impact absorber system of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle hood comprising a visible outside skin and a lining, in which the lining is shaped in such a manner that: the hood has reinforcements comprising a plurality of hollow bodies defined by the skin and by the lining; and that the hood includes at least one zone having no reinforcement and designed to be placed in register with a localized rigid part under the hood. The reinforcements further comprise at least one rib extending between two of the hollow bodies of the plurality, so as to interconnect the hollow bodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle rear floor (32) that is intended to form part of a motor vehicle rear block, the block including two longitudinal rails (12), each having a front end forming a rear structural node (20) of the vehicle and a rear end (14), the rear ends being arranged to serve as bearing points for an impact beam (15). The floor further includes reinforcement (22) having at least one rear end (24) arranged to serve as a bearing point for the impact beam (15), and two limbs (22a, 22b) each intended to extend in a straight line from the rear end (24) of the reinforcement to one of the nodes (20).

Abstract: The energy absorber system is adapted to a motor vehicle having side rails. The system comprises a top absorber beam positioning in front of the side rails of the motor vehicle, a bottom absorber beam for being positioned beneath the top absorber beam, and at least two uprights providing a rigid connection between the top and bottom beams. The system also includes a rigid cross-member extending between the side rails and being secured directly to the side rails, the top beam being secured to bear against the cross-member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle part including means for supporting a light unit (16), said light unit support means possessing a so-called “operating”, initial position in which the light unit is held at a given height on the vehicle. The light unit support means can also take up a second, so-called “depressed” configuration on being subjected to a vertical force that is substantially equal to that of an impact with the head of a pedestrian, in which second configuration the light unit (16) is located lower down relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle rear floor (32) that is intended to form part of a motor vehicle rear block, said block comprising two longitudinal rails (12), each having a front end forming a rear structural node (20) of the vehicle and a rear end (14), said rear ends being arranged to serve as bearing points for an impact beam (15). The floor further comprises reinforcement (22) having at least one rear end (24) arranged to serve as a bearing point for the impact beam (15), and two limbs (22a, 22b) each intended to extend in a straight line from the rear end (24) of said reinforcement to one of the nodes (20).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, at the front of a motor vehicle, of a fender and of a hood defining a fender-hood junction leaving predetermined clearance between an edge of the hood and an edge of the fender, in combination with an air bag for deploying to the outside of the vehicle. This use is performed in such a manner that while the air bag is deploying, it deforms the fender and/or the hood in such as a manner as to enlarge the clearance and create a passage between the edge of the hood and the edge of the fender. The invention also relates to retaining means and to a fender support, to a fender, to a fender module, and to a hood for a motor vehicle.