# US 7,407,205 B2 · Mould end cap

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- Number: US 7,407,205 B2
- Document ID: US7407205B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/662,382
- Filed: 2004-10-01
- Published: 2007-12-06
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2004-10-01
- Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Makoto Nakao; Kazunori Kondoh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407205B2

## CPC

- B60R 13/04: {External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A mould end cap comprises a cap end portion engaged with an end of a mould body for a vehicle frame, a mould insert portion extending from the cap end portion and inserted in the mould body, and a hook portion provided at the mould insert portion and engaged with the mould body. In the mould end cap, the hook portion comprises a first step portion having a quadrangular column shape, which has a front surface and a rear surface inclined and opposite to each other, and side surfaces each having a trapezoidal shape, and a second step portion located on an upper end of the first step portion, the second step portion having a quadrangular column or pyramid shape, which has an inclined front surface, a vertical rear surface, and side surfaces each having a trapezoidal or triangular shape.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mould end cap comprising:
a cap end portion engaged with an end of a mould body for a vehicle frame;
a mould insert portion extending from the cap end portion and inserted in the mould body; and
a hook portion provided at the mould insert portion and engaged with the mould body,
wherein the hook portion comprises:
a first step portion having a quadrangular column shape, which has a front surface and a rear surface inclined and opposite to each other, and side surfaces each having a trapezoidal shape; and
a second step portion located on an upper end of the first step portion, the second step portion having a quadrangular column or pyramid shape, which has an inclined front surface, a vertical rear surface, and side surfaces each having a trapezoidal or triangular shape.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mould end cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front surface of the first step portion and the front surface of the second step portion compose a single continuous surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mould end cap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mould insert portion includes a leaf spring portion extending in an insertion direction toward the mould body, and the hook portion is formed at the leaf spring portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mould end cap as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an engagement part extending in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction toward the mould body and engaged with the vehicle frame, wherein the engagement part is located near the hook portion.