International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

Patrick O Gotschall

Jerry J Connett

Travis E Dennison

Lawrence Hoffman

Steven P Kuhn

Matthew M Sullivan

Chad A Lawrence

Gordon S Johnson

Carl W Fuhrman

A front bumper for a mobile vehicle that rotates to provide additional access to the vehicle engine. The rotating front bumper is provided in various embodiments, exemplifying possible modes of configuration and operation thereof. Specifically, methods of retaining the front bumper in a non-rotated position are presented, as are methods for preventing over-extension, and linkages that cause the front bumper to rotate when the hood is opened.

Rotating front bumper

An engine compartment splash panel for a vehicle is disposed generally between the engine of the vehicle and a nearby wheel to prevent water and debris from being flung from the nearby wheel onto the engine. The engine compartment splash panel and the panel-support components that mount it to the vehicle are constructed in such a manner that the engine compartment splash panel can be quickly and easily mounted to and removed from the vehicle to provide for expedient execution of service procedures. The engine compartment splash panel has a substantially rigid portion that defines and/or has mounted to it a number of locating features that have fixed positions relative to one another. The panel-support components define and/or have mounted to them a plurality of locating features that have fixed positions relative to one another and that are complimentary to the locating features of the engine compartment splash panel. When mounting the engine compartment splash panel, an individual can manipulate the engine compartment splash panel to simultaneously align a plurality of the locating features of the engine compartment splash panel to their complimentary locating features of the panel-support components.

Quick mount vehicle engine compartment splash panel

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Patrick O Gotschall