Cowl top cover
AssigneesNihon Plast Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyo Ishihara, Chikara Sano, Nao Iwata, Hidenori Kameoka
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Abstract
This cowl top cover has a cover body section and a vertical wall section which extends vertically from the front end of the cover body section. The vertical wall section is provided with a vertical wall body, an opening which is formed in the vertical wall body, and a cover section has a cover-side bending promotion section which extends in the width direction of the vehicle and which promotes the bending and deformation of the cover section to one side of the length direction of the vehicle. As a result of this configuration, the cowl top cover can consistently exhibit a sufficient impact absorption function when subjected to an impact.
Claims10
A cowl top cover comprising:
- a cover body section configured to cover a cowl section disposed between a windshield and a hood of a vehicle;
- and
- a vertical wall section suspended from one end section of the cover body section,
- wherein the vertical wall section comprises:
- a vertical wall body,
- at least one opening formed in the vertical wall body, and
- a cover section configured to cover the opening, the cover section attachable to and detachable from the vertical wall body,
- the cover section comprises a cover-side bending promotion section disposed along a vehicle width direction, the cover-side bending promotion section configured to prompt bending deformation on one side in a vehicle length direction,
- the cover-side bending promotion section comprises a swelling section configured to swell on one side in a vehicle length direction,
- the swelling section of the cover section is disposed in a central region in a vehicle width direction in the cover section, and
- in a peripheral section of the swelling section, a flat cover section body is disposed along the vertical wall body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.