COWL SECTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20150151791A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Plast Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nihon Plast Company Limited
• Inventors: SANO, Chikara, HIRANO, Masanori
• Granted Patent: US 9,126,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/20 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/30 characterised by the fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/70 specially adapted for windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/081 Cowls ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28

Abstract

A cowl section structure for a vehicle includes a cowl top cover arranged between a bonnet and a windshield and a contact piece portion. The cowl top cover includes a windshield fitting member provided to a lower end portion of the windshield and a protruding claw extending in a direction in which the protruding claw is inserted into an engagement recessed portion of the windshield fitting member. The contact piece portion is arranged in a space between the protruding claw and the engagement recessed portion. One end of the contact piece portion comes into contact with a tip end portion of the protruding claw. An opposite end of the contact piece portion comes into contact with an inner wall of the engagement recessed portion of the windshield fitting member.

Claims

1. A cowl section structure for a vehicle comprising:

a cowl top cover arranged between a bonnet and a windshield, and comprising a windshield fitting member provided to a lower end portion of the windshield and a protruding claw extending in a direction in which the protruding claw is inserted into an engagement recessed portion of the windshield fitting member; and

a contact piece portion arranged in a space between the protruding claw and the engagement recessed portion, one end of the contact piece portion coming into contact with a tip end portion of the protruding claw, and an opposite end of the contact piece portion coming into contact with an inner wall of the engagement recessed portion of the windshield fitting member.

2. The cowl section structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein in a cross-sectional view in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the contact piece portion has a linear shape extending in a same direction as the direction in which the protruding claw is inserted into the engagement recessed portion.

3. The cowl section structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein in a cross-sectional view in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the contact piece portion has a shape having a curvature in any one of a frontward direction or a rearward direction of the vehicle.

4. The cowl section structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the contact piece portion is formed integrally to the protruding claw as a single member, and projects from the tip end portion of the protruding claw.