Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1997-04-25
1999-02-09
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
280751, B60R 2104
Patent
active
058684581
ABSTRACT:
A pillar garnish for a front pillar disposed between a front windshield glass and a side window glass of an automotive vehicle. The pillar garnish comprises a main body section formed of plastic and secured to a vehicle body. The main body section is generally channel-shaped to cover the front pillar forming part of the vehicle body. The main body section has an inner surface facing the front pillar, and an outer surface facing a vehicle passenger inside a passenger compartment. A plurality of reinforcement ribs are formed at the inner surface of the main body section and integral with the main body section. Each reinforcement rib extends perpendicular to the inner surface. Additionally, a plurality of auxiliary ribs are formed at the inner surface of the main body section and integral with the main body section. Each auxiliary rib extends parallel with each reinforcement rib. Each rib is located between the reinforcement ribs which are located adjacent each other. Each rib extends to occupy at least a part of a region surrounded by the inner surface of the main body section and first and second imaginary straight lines in a transverse plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the main body section.
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Hirata Tomio
Ichikawa Satoru
Kawai Akira
Komatsu Motoru
Matsuyama Kazuo
Nihon Plast Co. Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
Pape Joseph D.
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