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US 7,252,312 B1Granted
Radiator grill attachment
AssigneeToyota Technical Center USA, Inc.
InventorsMingher Fred Shen, Eric Yoshinari, Umesh Naik
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Abstract
A side attachment for attaching a grill to a front bumper of a vehicle allows the grill to pivot independently relative to the front bumper. The grill also includes tabs that locate the bottom edge of the grill to the front bumper and release the grill to allow rotation during a frontal impact of the vehicle, thereby minimizing damage to the grill.
Claims8
An automotive vehicle comprising:
- a front bumper extending along a front end of the vehicle;
- and
- a grill pivotally coupled to the front bumper for rotation about a substantially horizontal pivot axis relative to the front bumper, the grill having a bottom end releasably coupled to the front bumper allowing rotation of the grill relative to the front bumper about the pivot axis when the front bumper is deformed during a front impact event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.