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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Jeremiah T. Hammer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Steinhilb, Milan, MI (US);
Suk Jae Ham, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Troy N. Grantham, Saline, MI (US);
Haley L. Grantham, Saline, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle frunk assembly is provided. The vehicle frunk includes a frunk housing having a bottom wall and a side wall having an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface. The interior surface of the side wall and the bottom wall define a storage space. The vehicle frunk includes a hood moveable between an open position and a closed position. The hood has a hood inner panel. The vehicle frunk includes a sealing flange extending outwardly from the hood inner panel, and the sealing flange has an inner surface and an outer surface. The sealing flange is configured to bound at least a portion of the side wall such that the inner surface of the sealing flange faces the exterior surface of the side wall to form a seal between the hood and the frunk housing when the hood is in the closed position.