Moulded structural component for a passenger vehicle

Abstract

A moulded structural component for the cabin of a passenger vehicle, the structural component comprising: a lateral wall facing a rear end of the structural component, the lateral wall being spaced from the rear end of the structural component along a principal axis of the structural component; opposing first and second sidewalls, each extending from the lateral wall towards the rear end of the structural component; and a floor extending between the lateral wall and the first and second sidewalls and towards the rear end of the structural component, the lateral wall, the first and second sidewalls and the floor being integral and together defining an interior space of the structural component for housing one or more passengers; wherein the first and second sidewalls and the floor define an open rear end of the structural component and the distance between interior- side faces of the first and second sidewalls is substantially constant or increases from the lateral wall towards the open rear end of the structural component along the direction of the principal axis such that the structural component may be demoulded from a rigid tool part of a moulding apparatus forming the structural component along a direction within 20° of the principal axis of the structural component.

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