Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Trunk lids
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-12
2001-06-12
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Trunk lids
C292S338000, C180S069210
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244650
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to motor vehicles and in particular to a support stay for the engine cover, bonnet or hood of a vehicle to hold the bonnet in an open position.
It is know from DE-A-4005370 to provide a support stay for the bonnet of a motor vehicle made of rod material with one end forming a hinge so that the stay can be folded from a stored position in which it lies substantially transversely with respect to the vehicle to an erect position in which it engages with a recess in the bonnet to support the bonnet in an open position. It is further known from FR-A-2544034 to provide a means for attaching such a stay to the body structure of the motor vehicle.
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved support for the bonnet of a motor vehicle.
According to the invention there is provided a motor vehicle having a body including a front cross-member and an engine cover that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position and a support for the cover comprising of an elongate rod having a base end engaged with the front cross-member of the motor vehicle and a top end for engagement with the cover when the support is in a supporting position wherein the base end has a plastic hinge member engaged with an aperture formed in a top surface of the cross-member of the motor vehicle to allow the support to be folded from a stored position to the cover supporting position.
The top surface of the cross-member may be a horizontal surface.
The plastic hinge member may have a pivot surface for abutment against one edge of the aperture and may have a curved guide surface for abutment with an opposite edge of the aperture.
The radial distance between the pivot surface and the guide surface may be slightly less than the distance between the opposite edges of the aperture.
The plastic hinge member may have a stop formed at one end of the curved guide surface to limit rotation of the plastic hinge member in one direction.
There may be a recess between the end of the curved guide portion and the stop such that the radial distance between the surface of the recess and the pivot surface is considerably less than the distance between the opposite edges of the aperture.
There may be a lug formed on the surface of the plastic hinge member adjacent the pivot surface.
The distance from the top surface of the lug to the surface of the recess is greater than the distance between the opposite edges of the aperture such that the plastic hinge member has to be snap-fitted into the aperture.
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Davis & Bujold P.L.L.C.
Dayoan D. Glenn
Morrow Jason
Rover Group Limited
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