# US 10,766,434 B2 · Side cowl top cover

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- Number: US 10,766,434 B2
- Document ID: US10766434B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/358,817
- Filed: 2019-03-20
- Published: 2019-10-31
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-26
- Assignees: Moriroku Technology Company, Ltd.
- Applicants: Moriroku Technology Company, Ltd.
- Inventors: Kenta Shinohara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766434B2

## CPC

- 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)}
- B62D 25/081: {Cowls (ventilating openings situated directly in front of the vehicle front window B60H1/28)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## 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

### Claim 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;
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

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

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

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.