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Title:
COWL LOUVER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0976942
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve the appearance and aerodynamical property of a cowl louver by extending the rear end of the cowl louver disposed along the lower edge of a front window obliquely upward and lapping the rear end on the lower end of a weather strip of the front window in the longitudinal direction.

The lower end of a front window glass 101 is mounted to a body panel 8 by a weather strip 5, while a recess 9 is formed near a front window 1 of the body panel 8 in front of the proximity of the tip of the weather strip 5, and the tip 51 of the weather strip 5 is bent downward to make close contact with a vertical wall 91 at the rear end of the recess 9. A cowl louver 4 is mounted to the recess 9, while the cowl louver 4 is formed on the rear end 41 with a reinforcing rib 42 having the plate-like rear end bent downward, while the rear end 41 of the cowl louver 4 is extended obliquely upward to a position where it is lapped longitudinally on the lower end 51 of the weather strip 5.


Inventors:
IWASAKI SEIICHI
KAGEI HIROYUKI
Application Number:
JP27850395A
Publication Date:
March 25, 1997
Filing Date:
September 19, 1995
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO LTD
International Classes:
B62D35/00; B60J1/02; B60J10/02; B62D25/08; (IPC1-7): B62D25/08; B60J1/02; B62D35/00