Cover assembly for attaching to a hinge arm
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorJunji Tanabe
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Abstract
A cover assembly for attaching to a vehicle hinge arm including an elongate body and including one or more clips supported upon an inner facing surface which are adapted to engage the hinge arm. A two piece structure formed upon the inner surface of the body includes a first component integrally formed with or otherwise secured upon the body and a second component affixed upon the first component and configured to receive a mounting location of the clip.
Claims17
A cover assembly for attaching to a hinge arm, comprising:
- an elongate body having an inner surface;
- a structure having a base formed with said body and configured upon said inner surface;
- a clip engaged to said structure and projecting from a location on said body, said clip adapted to engage the hinge arm in order to mount said body thereto;
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- said structure further including a shelf secured atop said base, said shelf including a location for receiving a mounting location of said clip.
A cover assembly for attaching to a hinge arm associated with a vehicle trunk deck lid, said cover assembly comprising:
- a plastic body exhibiting an elongate and curved shape and having a pair of spaced apart sides which are interconnected by a central interconnecting side so that said body is adapted to overlay a matching cross sectional profile of the hinge arm, said body having an inner surface, a structure formed with said body and configured upon said inner surface;
- a shelf secured to said structure in order to mount said shelf in spaced fashion relative to said inner surface;
- a clip engaged to said shelf;
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- said clip adapted to engage an aperture in the hinge arm in order to mount said body thereto.
A cover assembly for attaching to a hinge arm associated with a vehicle trunk deck lid, said cover assembly comprising:
- an injection molded body exhibiting an elongate and curved shape and having a pair of spaced apart sides which are interconnected by a central interconnecting side so that said body is adapted to overlay a matching cross sectional profile of the hinge arm, said body having a decorative exterior surface;
- a pair of structures in-molded upon an inner surface of said body, each of said structures exhibiting a plurality of projections;
- a pair of shelves, each exhibiting a plurality of receiving locations for seating said pluralities of projections in order to engage said shelves upon said in-molded structures;
- a clip engaged to each of said shelves in spaced relationship relative to said inner surface of said body;
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- said clips adapted to engage apertures in the hinge arm in order to mount said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.