Cowl top panel and vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKazushige ISHIBASHI
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Abstract
A cowl top panel for a vehicle includes a panel and a rib. The rib is provided on a first surface of the panel. The first surface of the panel is on a side where a windshield is provided. The rib protrudes from the first surface in a region different from a region opposed to the windshield and extends in a width direction of the vehicle. The rib includes a distal end extending beyond a rear surface of the windshield in a normal direction of the windshield. The rib has a notch and is configured to, when an airbag is deployed from an airbag device provided between the panel and a front hood to an outside of the vehicle and the panel moves toward the windshield, break at a position where the notch is provided by coming into contact with a lower end part of the windshield.
Claims4
A cowl top panel configured to be applied to a vehicle, the cowl top panel comprising:
- a panel provided between a front hood and a windshield that are at a front part of the vehicle, the panel extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being configured to cover a lower end part of the windshield;
- and
- a rib provided on a first surface of the panel, the first surface of the panel being a surface on a side where the windshield is provided, the rib being provided in a region of the first surface different from a region opposed to the windshield, the rib protruding from the first surface of the panel and extending in the width direction of the vehicle, wherein
- the rib comprises a distal end extending beyond a rear surface of the windshield in a normal direction of the windshield, and
- the rib has a notch and is configured to, when an airbag is deployed from an airbag device provided between the panel and the front hood to an outside of the vehicle and the panel moves toward the windshield, break at a position where the notch is provided by coming into contact with the lower end part of the windshield.
A vehicle comprising:
- a front hood provided at a front part of the vehicle;
- a windshield provided at the front part of the vehicle;
- a cowl top panel provided between the windshield and the front hood;
- and
- an airbag device provided between the cowl top panel and the front hood and configured to deploy an airbag to an outside of the vehicle, wherein
- the cowl top panel comprises:
- a panel extending in a width direction of the vehicle and being configured to cover a lower end part of the windshield;
- and
- a rib provided on a first surface of the panel, the first surface of the panel being a surface on a side where the windshield is provided, the rib being provided in a region of the first surface different from a region opposed to the windshield, the rib protruding from the first surface of the panel and extending in the width direction of the vehicle,
- the rib comprises a distal end extending beyond a rear surface of the windshield in a normal direction of the windshield, and
- the rib has a notch and is configured to, when the airbag is deployed from the airbag device and the panel moves toward the windshield, break at a position where the notch is provided by coming into contact with the lower end part of the windshield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.