Abstract: A device for protecting the bearings of the in-line roller skates provided in the form of an axle aperture plug. Each axle aperture plug comprises a spacer portion, a transverse axle bore and a protective flange. The spacer portion has an inner bearing surface for engaging the inner race and spacing the outer race from the frame of the in-line skate. The transverse axle bore through the spacer portion permits passage of an axle along the central axis of rotation of the wheel. The transverse axle bore has a cross-sectional diameter allowing the entire length of the axle to be slidably insertable through the transverse axle bore. The protective flange is disposed about the spacer portion and has a surface which extends symmetrically away from the transverse axle bore and terminates in an outer bearing surface adapted for proximate positioning with respect to the outer race of the wheel bearing when the aperture plug is installed in the in-line roller skate.

Abstract: A cowl box extends in the transverse direction of a vehicle body in front of the passenger room between left and right hinge pillars and is defined by a windshield support member on which the windshield of the vehicle is supported and a dashboard upper member which is joined to the lower surface of the windshield support member. The dashboard upper member has a vertical wall portion facing the passenger room. The cowl box having an open cross-section. A reinforcement is provided along the joining line of the dashboard upper member to the windshield support member. The reinforcement is formed of end portions which extend along respective end portions of the joining line of the dashboard upper member to the windshield support member and a main portion which extends along the rest of the joining line of the dashboard upper member to the windshield support member. The end portions are on the passenger room side over the entire length thereof and are fixed to the corresponding hinge pillars.