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Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999

Filed:

Mar. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tetsumi Ichioka, Mie, JP;

Takuji Nagata, Aichi, JP;

Akira Yamauchi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai-gun, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 686 ; 293115 ;
Abstract

In a radiator grill guard mounted on the front of a vehicle, a guard main body is a one-piece molded structure, shaped like a square ring, by using synthetic resin, for example, filler containing polypropylene. The guard main body is hollowed by a known blow molding method. A fog-lamp mounting part is provided at the middle of each of the vertically extending sections of the guard main body. A fog lamp is mounted on each fog-lamp mounting part with the aid of an L-shaped bracket. A plurality of, preferable two, plate-like ribs, that extend parallel to each other, are integrally formed within the inner apace of each vertically extending section, while also extending across that inner space. The plurality of plate-like ribs are longitudinally (vertically) extended between the upper and lower body mounting parts of each of the vertically extending sections. The plate-like ribs serve as reinforcing plates for reinforcing a portion of the vertically extending sections which include the body mounting parts and the fog-lamp mounting part.


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