Integrated vehicle hood
AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.
InventorsJeroen Krijnen, Carlos Pereira
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Abstract
A hood of a vehicle includes a rear beam, a front end module or grill opening reinforcement, a thermoplastic central cover extending between the rear beam and the front end module, the thermoplastic central cover comprising reinforcements along sides of the thermoplastic central cover between the rear beam and the front end module, the reinforcements protruding away from a top surface of the thermoplastic central cover, with a flange extending from a side of the reinforcement and fenders connected to the front end module and thermoplastic central cover, wherein each fender extends over a reinforcement and connects to a top surface of the thermoplastic central cover.
Claims15
A hood of a vehicle, comprising:
- a rear beam;
- a front end module;
- a thermoplastic central cover extending between the rear beam and the front end module, the thermoplastic central cover comprising reinforcements along sides of the thermoplastic central cover between the rear beam and the front end module, the reinforcements protruding away from a top surface of the thermoplastic central cover, with a flange extending from a side of the reinforcement;
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- fenders connected to the front end module and thermoplastic central cover, wherein each fender extends over a respective reinforcement and connects to the top surface of the thermoplastic central cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.