Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.

Daisuke Serizawa

Takenori Kurata

Daisuke Takei

Yasumasa Horimizu

Yuichi Hinata

The present invention is directed to a divisional cowl-top cover. In an upper cowl-top cover, a first engaging claw is formed on a front face side of a supporting portion configured to support a sealing member, and at an upper end of a lower cowl-top cover, a second engaging-receiving portion configured to engage with the first engaging claw from an upper side is formed. If an impact load acts on a hood and then the upper cowl-top cover moves downward, the first engaging claw and the second engaging-receiving portion are disengaged from each other, and the upper cowl-top cover lowers while supporting lowering of the hood, and is capable of absorbing the impact load while lowering.

Divisional cowl-top cover

A protrusion portion of a clip member is abutted against an end face of a front glass lower end, and the clip member is fixed to a back face of the front glass via an adhesive agent. An engagement portion that is formed in a tongue piece of a cowl-top cover is engaged with a target engagement portion of the clip member, and the cowl-top cover is mounted in a state in which a surface of the cowl-top cover and a surface of the front glass are arranged so as to be flush with each other. In addition, an engagement direction is defined as an engagement direction taken along a lengthwise direction oriented from a lower end to an upper end of the front glass.

Structure of mounting cowl-top cover

In present invention, a protrusion portionof a clip memberis abutted against an end faceof a front glass lower end, and the clip memberis fixed to a back faceof the front glassvia an adhesive agent. An engagement portionthat is formed in a tongue pieceof a cowl-top coveris engaged with a target engagement portionof the clip member, and the cowl-top coveris mounted in a state in which a surfaceof the cowl-top coverand a surfaceof the front glassare arranged so as to be flush with each other. In addition, an engagement direction is defined as an engagement direction taken along a lengthwise direction oriented from a lower end to an upper end of the front glass.

A cowl-top cover arranged across a lower end part of a front window panel, a rear end part of a front hood, and an upper end part of a dash panel, of a vehicle. The cover is formed by a seal loading portion supporting the rear end part of the front hood with a sealing member, a longitudinal wall portion extending downwardly LWR from a rear end part of the seal loading portion, and a panel loading portion supported at the upper end part of the dash panel. The longitudinal wall portion includes a first oblique face portion formed at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;at a rear portion side PR on the basis of a perpendicular line with the rear end part of the seal loading portion being a start point; and a second oblique face portion bent and formed at a front side FR of the first oblique face portion.

Cowl-top cover

A cowl-top coveris provided which is arranged across a lower end partof a front window panel, a rear end partof a front hood, and an upper end partof a dash panel, of a vehicle. The cowl-top cover is formed by a seal loading portionsupporting the rear end partof the front hoodwith a sealing member, a longitudinal wall portionformed so as to extend downwardly LWR from a rear end partof the seal loading portion, and a panel loading portionsupported at the upper end partof the dash panel. The longitudinal wall portionis comprised of: a first oblique face portionformed at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;at a rear portion side PR on the basis of a perpendicular linewith the rear end partof the seal loading portionbeing a start point; and a second oblique face portionbent and formed at a front side FR of the first oblique face portion. In this manner, even if a rear end part is deformed and moves to the lower side due to an impact load from above applied to an front hood, the cowl panel approaching the front hood never become rigid, and the load can be efficiently absorbed.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Daisuke Serizawa