Grille peripheral structure for vehicle and method for manufacturing grille peripheral structure for vehicle
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsRyota TANIOKU, Satoshi ENDO
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Abstract
An extension of a grille extends rearward and in a left-right direction of a vehicle. The extension is located rearward from a grille body and below a ventilation hole. An extension rear edge is arranged above a structure front upper edge. An extension front edge at which the grille body and the extension are connected to each other is arranged below the structure front upper edge. The extension is inclined from the extension front edge toward the extension rear edge. The extension includes weak portions that divide the extension into a plurality of sections in the left-right direction.
Claims7
A grille peripheral structure for a vehicle, the grille peripheral structure comprising:
- a bumper arranged at a front end of the vehicle, wherein the bumper has a grille hole that causes an exterior and an interior of the vehicle to communicate with each other and extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle;
- a grille fitted into the grille hole;
- and
- a vehicle interior structure arranged rearward from the grille in the vehicle, wherein
- the grille includes a grille body and an extension,
- the grille body extends in the left-right direction and is fitted into the grille hole, wherein the grille body has a ventilation hole that causes the exterior and the interior of the vehicle to communicate with each other,
- the extension extends rearward and in the left-right direction, wherein the extension is located rearward from the grille body and below the ventilation hole,
- an extension rear edge that is a rear edge of the extension is arranged above a structure front upper edge that is a front upper edge of the vehicle interior structure,
- an extension front edge that is a front edge of the extension and at which the grille body and the extension are connected to each other is arranged below the structure front upper edge,
- the extension is inclined from the extension front edge toward the extension rear edge, and
- the extension includes weak portions that divide the extension into a plurality of sections in the left-right direction.
A grille for a vehicle, the grille being coupled to a bumper of the vehicle, a vehicle interior structure being arranged rearward from the grille in the vehicle, the grille comprising:
- a ventilation hole that causes an exterior and an interior of the vehicle to communicate with each other;
- and
- an extension, wherein
- when the interior of the vehicle is viewed from the exterior of the vehicle through the ventilation hole, the extension extends rearward so as to hide the interior of the vehicle, and
- the extension extends upward from the vehicle interior structure.
A method for manufacturing a grille peripheral structure for a vehicle, wherein a bumper being arranged at a front end of the vehicle, the bumper having a grille hole that causes an exterior and an interior of the vehicle to communicate with each other and extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a grille that includes a grille body and an extension;
- and
- coupling the grille to the grille hole,
- the providing the grille includes
- extending the grille body in the left-right direction,
- arranging a ventilation hole in the grille body, wherein the ventilation hole causes the exterior and the interior of the vehicle to communicate with each other,
- extending the extension rearward and in the left-right direction,
- arranging the extension rearward from the grille body and below the ventilation hole,
- inclining the extension from an extension front edge toward an extension rear edge, wherein the extension front edge is a front edge of the extension and at which the grille body and the extension are connected to each other, and the extension rear edge is a rear edge of the extension, and
- arranging weak portions in the extension, wherein the weak portions divide the extension into a plurality of sections in the left-right direction,
- a vehicle interior structure is arranged rearward from the grille in the vehicle, and
- the coupling the grille to the grille hole includes
- fitting the grille body into the grille hole,
- arranging the extension rear edge above a structure front upper edge that is a front upper edge of the vehicle interior structure, and
- arranging the extension front edge below the structure front upper edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.