Motor vehicles – Power – Hoods
Patent
1983-03-24
1986-04-01
Bertsch, Richard A.
Motor vehicles
Power
Hoods
180 6921, 280784, 296 76, 428167, B62D 2510
Patent
active
045791856
ABSTRACT:
A hood for an automotive vehicle, contains a hood panel. The hood panel has a pair of flanges being formed by inwardly folding both side edges of the hood panel. The flanges have deformable portions respectively which are formed in central positions of the substantial entire length of the flanges. The deformable portions doubles the hood panel when a strong impact is applied to the food panel in the front-rear direction of the automotive vehicle upon collision accidents, whereby the hood panel does not plunge into the passenger room of the vehicle in case of accidents.
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Bertsch Richard A.
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
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