SIDE COWL TOP COVER

• US 20190329722A1
• Filed: 03/20/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Moriroku Technology Company, Ltd. (Moriroku Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Moriroku Technology Company, Ltd. (Moriroku Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shinohara, Kenta
• Granted Patent: US 10,766,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/04 External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/081 Cowls ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28

Abstract

A side cowl top cover includes a cover body and a hook formed so as to expand at an upper portion of the cover body in order to be engaged with the end flange. The cover body includes: a vertical wall that extends upwardly from a lower side of the windshield; and an extended portion extended from an upper end of the vertical wall toward the front fender. The hook includes: a holder placed at a predetermined gap relative to an end face of the extended portion and extended substantially in parallel with the end face of the extended portion; and a vertical rib extended in a direction intersecting with the direction in which the holder extends, and interconnecting a bottom surface of the extended portion and a bottom surface of the holder.

Claims

1. A side cowl top cover that is placed between a front fender that comprises an end flange bent downwardly, and a windshield that comprises an end portion along the front fender, the side cowl top cover comprising:

a cover body; and

a hook formed at an upper portion of the cover body so as to expand in order to be engaged with the end flange,

wherein the cover body comprises;

a vertical wall that extends upwardly from a lower side of the windshield; and

an extended portion extended from an upper end of the vertical wall toward the front fender,

wherein the hook comprises;

a holder placed at a predetermined gap relative to an end face of the extended portion and extended substantially in parallel with the end face of the extended portion; and

a vertical rib extended in a direction intersecting with the direction in which the holder extends, and interconnecting a bottom surface of the extended portion and a bottom surface of the holder.

2. The side cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein the vertical rib comprises a notch formed at an upper portion of the vertical rib to hold a lower portion of the end flange.

3. The side cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein the hook comprises a horizontal rib that intersects with the vertical rib.

4. The side cowl top cover according to claim 1, wherein a lower portion of the vertical wall is curved so as to be apart from the windshield.