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US 12,589,702 B2Granted
Vehicle including a-pillar garnish extending into airflow gap and underneath hood
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsDouglas Kaltenmark, Timothy J. Rupp
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Abstract
A vehicle can include a windshield, an A-pillar that is adjacent to the windshield, a hood that is adjacent to the A-pillar and spaced away from the A-pillar by an airflow gap, and an A-pillar garnish. The A-pillar garnish can extend along the windshield and cover at least a portion of the A-pillar. The A-pillar garnish can extend underneath the hood and bend away from the A-pillar and toward the hood. The A-pillar garnish can extend into the airflow gap at a location that is underneath the hood.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a windshield;
- an A-pillar that is adjacent to the windshield;
- a hood that is adjacent to the A-pillar and spaced away from the A-pillar by an airflow gap;
- and
- an A-pillar garnish that extends along the windshield and covers at least a portion of the A-pillar, the A-pillar garnish extends underneath the hood and bends away from the A-pillar and toward the hood, and the A-pillar garnish extends into the airflow gap at a location that is underneath the hood.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a windshield;
- an A-pillar that is adjacent to the windshield;
- a hood that is adjacent to the A-pillar and spaced away from the A-pillar by an airflow gap;
- and
- a gasket that is adjacent to the A-pillar;
- an inner garnish panel that is adjacent to gasket;
- and
- an outer garnish panel that is adjacent to the inner garnish panel, wherein
- at least one of the gasket and the inner garnish panel extends underneath the hood and bends away from the A-pillar and toward the hood, and the least one of the gasket and the inner garnish panel extends into the airflow gap at a location that is underneath the hood.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a windshield;
- an A-pillar that is adjacent to the windshield;
- a door hinged to the A-pillar, the door includes a front edge;
- a hood that is adjacent to the A-pillar and spaced away from the A-pillar by an airflow gap, the hood includes a rear edge that opposes the front edge;
- a panel gap that separates the front edge and the rear edge from each other;
- and
- an A-pillar garnish that extends along the windshield and covers at least a portion of the A-pillar, the A-pillar garnish extends underneath the hood and bends away from the A-pillar and toward the hood, and the A-pillar garnish extends into the airflow gap at a location that is underneath the hood.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.