Vehicle hood structure

Details Vehicle hood structure Vehicle hood structure

2006-12-12

2006-12-12

Pedder, Dennis H. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C180S069210

Reexamination Certificate

active

07147273

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle hood structure in which a space is formed by a hood outer panel, which structures a vehicle body outer side portion of a hood, and an hood inner panel, which structures a vehicle body inner side portion of the hood, the vehicle hood structure having: step portions formed along a vehicle front-end direction in the hood outer panel; a plurality of convex portions which swell toward a vehicle body top side and which are formed along the vehicle front-end direction at predetermined intervals in a vehicle transverse direction, at a central region of the hood inner panel which is other than outer peripheral edge portions of the hood inner panel; joining portions formed at peak portions of the convex portions, and joined with the hood outer panel; and optionally, extending portions formed along configurations of the step portions from the convex portions nearest to the step portions. In accordance with this structure, there is no need to provide a separate impact absorbing body for the step portion formed at the hood outer panel.

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