Bumper assembly with fog lamp bezel
AssigneeToyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsUmesh Naik, Randy Hodder, James Castro
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Abstract
A bumper assembly that includes a molded bumper fascia and a molded cover/bezel mounted in an opening in the bumper. The bezel/cover is adapted to contain a fog lamp and is accurately positioned within the opening of the bumper fascia to avoid motion along the longitudinal axis of the opening, both in the forward and reverse directions, by external ribs on the cover/bezel that engage edges of the bumper to act as detents. Living hinges may be integrally molded with the bumper fascia to provide a mechanical fixation to the cover/bezel after the cover/bezel is installed in the opening and the hinges are bent from their mold positions.
Claims7
An assembly comprising, in combination:
- a molded bumper fascia having a wall defining an opening therein;
- a bezel/cover positioned in the opening;
- a spaced pair of first tabs extending from said bezel/cover, each of said first tabs having a locating edge;
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- each locating edge of each of said first pair of tabs engaging said wall of said bumper fascia to restrain the motion of said bezel/cover relative to said bumper in a longitudinal direction of the opening of said bumper.
An assembly comprising, in combination:
- a molded bumper fascia having a wall defining an opening therein;
- a bezel adapted to contain a lamp therein, said bezel being positioned in said opening of said bumper fascia;
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- said bumper fascia having at least one living hinge molded integrally with said bumper fascia, said at least one living hinge being bent from a mold position to engage a bezel/cover when said bezel/cover is installed in the opening of said bumper fascia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.