Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S193090, C296S190050, C180S068400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948769
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle front end structure has a firewall structure and a pair of hood ledge structures that extend in a cantilevered manner. Each of the hood ledge structures has a vehicle frame mounting part for coupling its free end to the vehicle chassis. Thus, the hood ledge structures are configured and arranged to be separately supported by the firewall structure to form an unobstructed space between the hood ledge structures. A front end module is fixedly coupled to the hood ledge structures at a pair of upper attachment points and at pair of lower attachment points. The lower attachment points are offset inwardly relative to the upper attachment points. The front end module and the hood ledge structures are provided with mating guide members that have horizontal and vertical guide portions to aid in the installation of the front end module on the hood ledge structures.
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Borkowski Slav
Smith Mike
Yamamoto Youichi
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
Patel Kiran B.
Shinjyu Global IP Counselors, LLP
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