Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro Yanaka, Shinji Kurachi, Hidenori Iwayama
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a hood. The hood includes a hood outer and a hood inner. The hood inner has a plate shape, covers a lower surface of the hood outer, and is made of resin. A space is provided between the hood outer and the hood inner. The hood inner includes a shock absorbing portion that is bent so as to project toward the space. The shock absorbing portion has a central portion located at a center of the shock absorbing portion in a right-left direction of the vehicle and side portions located on respective sides of the central portion in the right-left direction. A thickness of the hood inner in the central portion is thicker than a thickness of the hood inner in the side portions.
Claims5
A vehicle provided with a hood, the vehicle comprising:
- a hood outer;
- and
- a hood inner that has a plate shape, covers a lower surface of the hood outer, and is made of resin, wherein:
- a space is provided between the hood outer and the hood inner;
- the hood inner includes a shock absorbing portion that is bent so as to project toward the space;
- the shock absorbing portion has a central portion located at a center of the shock absorbing portion in a right-left direction of the vehicle and side portions located on respective sides of the central portion in the right-left direction;
- a thickness of the hood inner in the central portion is thicker than a thickness of the hood inner in the side portions;
- the hood inner is bent so as to protrude forward in the shock absorbing portion;
- the hood inner has a front side portion extending forward from a lower end of the shock absorbing portion;
- and
- a part of the front side portion is disposed below a front end of the shock absorbing portion with a clearance from the front end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.