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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Matthew C. Tier, South Lyon, MI (US);
Scott L. Frederick, Brighton, MI (US);
Stephen E. Freeman, McKinney, TX (US);
Jakin C. Wilson, Prosper, TX (US);
Greg Bernas, McKinney, TX (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Described herein are various embodiments associated with a bracket for mounting a snorkel to one or more roof rack attachment points of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the bracket comprises a vehicle mounted portion and a snorkel mount portion. The vehicle mounted portion comprises one or more mounting holes. Additionally, values for one or more characteristics of the mounting holes are selected based, at least in part, on the one or more roof rack attachment points. The snorkel mount portion is coupled to the vehicle mounted portion. The snorkel mount portion comprises one or more snorkel attachment holes.