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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Ono, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/26 ; B60H 1/28 ; B60H 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/26 ; B60H 1/28 ; B60H 1/34 ;
Abstract
An engagement portion to be engaged with a vehicle body is formed on the lower surface of the front end of a joined portion of a defroster duct. The engagement portion is engaged with a fitting hole of a cowl panel. The joined portion of the defroster duct has a curve portion formed thereon, in which a rib of an instrument panel abuts against a duct portion of the defroster duct. When the duct portion is pressed forward of the vehicle, the curve portion elastically deforms so as to keep a blow port of the defroster duct aligned with a blow port of the instrument panel.