Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Waldemar Appelhans

Torsten Radusch

Sebastian Lukas

Achim Weigand

Frank Schweikhard

Uwe Allmann

Roland Seewald

Raffael Urzola

A bumper fascia having a tow hook opening and a tow hook cover is provided. The bumper fascia includes a perimeter surface surrounding the tow hook opening. A first shaped panel, a second shaped panel, a step surface, and a lip portion extend from the perimeter surface defining the tow hook opening. The shaped panels cooperate with a portion of the perimeter surface to define recessed chambers and two attachment notches. The shaped panels include elongated ribs sitting below the exterior surface of the bumper fascia. The tow hook cover includes a pair of wing segment having chamfered surfaces engageable with the step surface and a pair of L-shaped clips engageable with the attachment notches. The tow hook cover is pivotable about the elongated ribs to engage and disengage the tow hook cover from the bumper fascia.

Tow hook cover assembly for an automotive bumper fascia

A cover device for covering an opening in a bumper for a motor vehicle is provided, which can be used as a passage for a detachable trailer hitch component, features a frame that forms an opening and a cover part to cover the opening of the frame.

Cover device for an opening in a car bumper used as a passage for a trailer hitch

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Rüsselsheim, Germany

Waldemar Appelhans