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US 6,206,438 B1Granted
Grill for vehicle front end
AssigneeLab. Radio. S.A.
InventorD. Jose Maria Bordes Pueyo
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Abstract
A grill for an automobile or other vehicle is provided, and includes a plastic mesh like area designed to visually appear like a metallic wire mesh grill. The grill is substantially less costly than a metallic grill, as it is made of polymer-based plastic material.
Claims11
An injection molded automotive grill for vehicle front ends comprising:
- a longitudinal set of first thread members and a transversal set of second thread members which are joined to each other at several intersection points, with the grill being formed by injection molding;
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- wherein each of said threads follows a gently winding path so that said intersection points correspond to inflection areas of said threads, and wherein at a first group of said intersection points an upper surface of the first thread member is at an elevation below an elevation of an upper surface of the second thread member, and at a second group of said intersection points an upper surface of the second thread member is at an elevation below an elevation of an upper surface of the first thread member.
A grill for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a plastic mesh section within a perimetric frame, said mesh section comprising a first group of first thread members extending approximately in a first direction and a second group of second thread members extending approximately in a second direction, wherein said first and second directions are approximately perpendicular to one another when viewed from a front of the grill;
- wherein intersections between first thread members and second thread members are provided in said mesh section;
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- wherein at a first group of said intersections an upper surface of the intersection's first thread member is at an elevation below an elevation of an upper surface of the intersection's second thread member, and at a second group of said intersections an upper surface of the intersection's second thread member is at an elevation below an elevation of an upper surface of the intersection's first thread member.
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