Bridgestone Corporation

Dan Nakamura

Yasushi Enami

Chuichi Ariyoshi

A shock-absorber pad mount structure for mounting shock-absorber pads made of elastic material such as polyethylene or the like to a tip end portion of a fender. The shock-absorber pad mount structure comprises a groove having a T-shaped cross-section, which is formed along the rear surface of the shock-absorber pad and consists of a base groove portion extending within the shock-absorber pad in parallel to the rear surface and a communicating groove portion extending from the central portion of the width of the base groove portion at right angles to the base groove portion and reaching the rear surface of the shock-absorber pad, a belt-like member having a width fittable into the base groove portion and fitted into the base groove portion, at least two bolts integrally studded to the central portion of the width of the belt-like member at a predetermined interval and projecting from the rear surface of the shock-absorber pad through the communicating groove portion of the T-shaped cross-section groove, a receiving member provided at the tip end portion of the fender and having bolt holes for allowing the bolts to penetrate therethrough, and nuts threadedly engaged with the tip ends of the bolts and fastened.

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Yokohama, Japan

Dan Nakamura