Bumper cover attachment method
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsDavid William Schelberg, Mingher Fred Shen
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Abstract
Embodiments of methods for attaching and upper bumper cover and a lower bumper cover to a vehicle comprise providing a vehicle body and a bumper fascia coupled to the vehicle body, attaching the upper bumper cover to the vehicle body at a position at least partially covering the bumper fascia, at a position above the bumper fascia, or combinations thereof, and attaching the lower bumper cover to the vehicle body at least partially cover the bumper fascia, wherein the lower bumper cover is coupled to and disposed underneath the upper bumper cover.
Claims20
A method of attaching an upper bumper cover and a lower bumper cover to a vehicle comprising:
- attaching a bumper fascia to a vehicle body;
- attaching the upper bumper cover to the vehicle body at a position at least partially covering the bumper fascia and at a position above the bumper fascia;
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- once the bumper fascia and the upper bumper cover are attached to the vehicle body, then attaching the lower bumper cover to the vehicle body at a position at least partially covering the bumper fascia at a location below the upper bumper cover, wherein the lower bumper cover is coupled to and disposed underneath the upper bumper cover,
- wherein the bumper fascia, the upper bumper cover, and the lower bumper cover are each separately attached to the vehicle body.
A method of attaching an upper bumper cover and a lower bumper cover to a vehicle comprising:
- providing a vehicle body, a bumper fascia coupled to the vehicle body, and a side member comprising fastening inserts coupled to the vehicle body;
- attaching the upper bumper cover comprising a lower retaining member and a side retaining member to the vehicle body at a position at least partially covering the bumper fascia and at a position above the bumper fascia, wherein the fastening inserts of the side member are received by the side retaining member of the upper bumper cover to facilitate attachment of the upper bumper cover to the side retaining member;
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- attaching the lower bumper cover comprising fastening inserts to the vehicle body and to the bumper fascia after the bumper fascia and the upper bumper cover are coupled to the vehicle body, wherein the lower bumper cover is positioned to at least partially cover the bumper fascia at a location below the upper bumper cover and the lower bumper cover is coupled to and disposed underneath the upper bumper cover, the fastening inserts of the lower bumper cover being received by the lower retaining member of the upper bumper cover to facilitate attachment of the upper bumper cover to the lower bumper cover,
- wherein the bumper fascia, the upper bumper cover, and the lower bumper cover are each separately attached to the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.