Grill Patents (Class 296/193.1)
  • Front end structure of vehicle with crushable zones for collision damage
    Patent number: 6758515
    Abstract: A front end panel (10) is fixed to side members (50) behind crushable zones (51). Due to this structure, most of the impact forces are absorbed by the deformation of a bumper reinforcement (60) and the crushable zones (51) and large impact forces are not transferred to the front end panel (10). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the front end panel (10) from being seriously damaged by impact forces produced in collision while preventing increases in both the number of parts and the man-hours required in assembling the front end structure and an increase in the repair costs for the front end panel because brackets, which are additional parts, can be discarded and, as a matter of course, notches to be provided to the brackets can be dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Ozawa, Toshiki Sugiyama
  • Grill for a land vehicle and also a land vehicle having a grill
    Publication number: 20040124670
    Abstract: The present invention provides (with reference to FIG. 1) a land vehicle having bodywork which defines an aperture (11) in which a grill (10) is secured by mounting means (20, 21, 22). The mount means (20, 21, 22) comprises an elastically deformable non-metallic material which can deform to allow the grill (10) to move relative to surrounding bodywork when the grill (10) receives an impact, thereby absorbing energy of the impact, and which can subsequently return to the original shape thereof and thereby restore the grill (10) to the pre-impact position thereof. The present invention also relates to a grill (10) compound of a composite material comprising fibres set in a matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Tate
  • Connection for a grill panel of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6695395
    Abstract: Connection for a grill panel (10) of a motor vehicle, incorporating a pair of mountings for the grill panel. To provide a safe and dimensionally stable connection for the grill panel, it is proposed, inter alia, that each mounting be associated with a hinge (20; 30) for a side door of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (publ)
    Inventor: Mikko Kallio
  • Grille attachment to hoods
    Patent number: 6669274
    Abstract: A floating bracket has a flexible interface between a vehicle body panel and a vehicle. The floating bracket is slidably interfaced with a vehicle body panel. The floating bracket is rigidly fixed to a point on the vehicle. The floating bracket enables expansion or contraction of the vehicle body panel to take place. Accordingly the vehicle body panel may slide with respect to the vehicle. Thus, the vehicle body panel is free to move yet is still fixedly attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Textron Fastening Systems
    Inventors: Ian Barnard, Christopher M. Hartwell, James M Zubkus, Patrick H Predd, Chao H Mao