Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-15
2008-04-15
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
active
11064699
ABSTRACT:
A cowl-top cover for a vehicle having a bonnet hood, a windshield and a well disposed therebetween, is provided with a fixation portion fixed to a body panel of the vehicle on a side of the bonnet hood; an engaging portion including a bottom, the engaging portion being configured to conceal and slidably pinch an end portion of the windshield so that a space portion is defined by the end portion and the bottom; and a main body portion linking the fixation portion with the engaging portion and covering the well, the main body being configured to be deformed by an applied impact force and allow sliding movement of the engaging portion in a direction where the bottom moves toward the end portion of the windshield.
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Ishikawa Akihiro
Koyama Motomu
Kurata Takenori
Matsuyama Kazuo
Sakai Kazuhiro
Nihon Plast Co. Ltd.
Patel Kiran B.
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