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US 12,606,248 B2Granted
Vehicle cowl assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Bowers, Jason Nantais
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Abstract
A vehicle cowl assembly includes a cowl cover. The cowl cover has an upper surface and a lower surface with a contoured edge shaped to conform to a lower portion of a glass windscreen. The lower surface of the cowl cover includes at least one reinforcement bracket fixed thereto positioned adjacent to the contoured edge.
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A vehicle cowl assembly, comprising
- a cowl cover having an upper surface and a lower surface with a contoured edge shaped to conform to a lower portion of a glass windscreen,
- the lower surface of the cowl cover having a plurality of reinforcement brackets fixed thereto positioned adjacent to and spaced from each other along the contoured edge in a direction of the contoured edge and spaced from the glass windscreen, with at least one of the reinforcement brackets located at a central area of the cowl cover adjacent to the contoured edge,
- the reinforcement brackets having a surface defined by a length and a width, the length being longer than the width, the surface positioned facing the lower surface of the cowl cover such that the length is positioned adjacent to the contoured edge and extends in the direction of the contoured edge, and
- at least one of the reinforcement brackets being welded to the lower surface of the cowl cover.
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A vehicle cowl assembly, comprising
- a cowl cover having an upper surface and a lower surface with a contoured edge shaped to conform to a lower portion of a glass windscreen,
- the lower surface of the cowl cover having a plurality of reinforcement brackets fixed thereto positioned adjacent to and spaced from each other along the contoured edge in a direction of the contoured edge and spaced from the glass windscreen, with at least one of the reinforcement brackets located at a central area of the cowl cover adjacent to the contoured edge,
- the reinforcement brackets having a surface defined by a length and a width, the length being longer than the width, the surface positioned facing the lower surface of the cowl cover such that the length is positioned adjacent to the contoured edge and extends in the direction of the contoured edge, and
- the lower surface of the cowl cover including a plurality of snap-fitting projections that extend into corresponding openings in a seal structure that includes a projection that extends beneath the lower portion of the glass windscreen.
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A vehicle cowl assembly, comprising
- a cowl cover having an upper surface and a lower surface with a contoured edge shaped to conform to a lower portion of a glass windscreen,
- the lower surface of the cowl cover having a plurality of reinforcement brackets fixed thereto positioned adjacent to and spaced from each other along the contoured edge in a direction of the contoured edge and spaced from the glass windscreen, with at least one of the reinforcement brackets located at a central area of the cowl cover adjacent to the contoured edge,
- the reinforcement brackets having a surface defined by a length and a width, the length being longer than the width, the surface positioned facing the lower surface of the cowl cover such that the length is positioned adjacent to the contoured edge and extends in the direction of the contoured edge, and
- the plurality of reinforcement brackets includes a first reinforcement bracket, a second reinforcement bracket and a third reinforcement bracket, each of the first reinforcement bracket, the second reinforcement bracket and the third reinforcement bracket being welded at predetermined locations to the lower surface of the cowl cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.