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US 6,161,867 AGranted
Underguard skid bar
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoyuki Tamura
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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoyuki Tamura
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A skid bar is mountable on existing front tow hooks of a vehicle, for protecting an engine, transmission and/or engine accessories from severe road conditions. The skid bar includes an elongated lateral member and a pair of end plates fixed to opposing ends of the lateral member. The end plates correspond to and are engageable with the existing tow hooks of the vehicle. The underguard skid bar extends in front of and below an engine/transmission assembly for protecting the same when the vehicle is travelling on a road having severe obstacles such as road bumps or road gutters. Each end plate has a plurality of bolt holes corresponding to tow openings in the existing tow hooks, such that each end plate is securable to the existing tow hooks, by being bolted thereto, through the tow openings in the existing tow hooks. Furthermore, each of the end plates presents a tow opening in a forward portion thereof.
In combination, an under vehicle skid bar, and an automobile, said automobile having front tow hooks fixed to an underside of the automobile, extending downwardly from a side frame of the automobile and located between a transmission and a bumper facia, and
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