A grill assembly for attachment to a vehicle front end includes a grill portion having a front surface and a rear surface and a carrier portion carrier portion may include a pair of carrier brackets coupled to the rear surface of the grill portion for supporting and reinforcing the grill portion. An adhesive layer may be disposed between each of the carrier brackets and the rear surface of the grill portion to securely bond the carrier brackets to the grill portion a laminate carrier portion of a plastic material may also be utilized. The carrier brackets may be disposed at opposite ends of the grill portion and each carrier bracket is shaped and positioned relative to the grill portion to prevent the at least one carrier bracket from being seen as viewed from the front surface. Each of the carrier brackets can consist of metal and the grill portion may consist of plastic.
BONDED LAMINATE VEHICLE GRILL STRUCTURE
2017-01-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / C25D Verfahren für die elektrolytische oder elektrophoretische Herstellung von Überzügen , PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS |