Motor vehicle hood
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorsManuel Feretti, Angelo Narducci
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a front hood that has a supporting skeleton directly or indirectly fixed to an outer covering skin, which defines part of an outer contour of the motor vehicle; the hood has at least one deformable portion, shaped so as to have a C-shaped cross-section and comprising an upper wing and a lower wing, facing each other, and a connecting portion joining the upper and lower wings to each other; the lower wing forms part of a plate element, which is distinct from the supporting skeleton and from the outer covering skin, and is arranged between the supporting skeleton and the outer covering skin, or below the supporting skeleton, vertically aligned with the gaskets provided to ensure the seal for an underlying compartment.
Claims12
A motor vehicle (1) comprising:
- a front compartment (4);
- a hood (5), which, in at least one operating condition, closes said front compartment (4) at the top and comprises:
- a) a supporting skeleton (12);
- b) an outer covering skin (13) defining, in use, an outer contour of the motor vehicle and attached directly or indirectly to said supporting skeleton (12);
- gaskets (6) carried by at least one support element (7) and placed between said hood (5) and said support element (7) to ensure the seal of said front compartment (4) when closed by said hood (5);
- wherein said hood (5) comprises at least one deformable portion (30, 30a, 30b), shaped so as to have a C-shaped cross-section and defined by:
- an upper wing (31, 31a, 31b) and a lower wing (32, 32b) facing each other, and
- a connecting portion (33, 33a) joining said upper and lower wings to each other;
- wherein said lower wing (32, 32b) forms part of a plate element (24, 24a, 24b, 24c), which is distinct from said supporting skeleton (12) and from said outer covering skin (13), and has one end (27, 26, 26a) coupled to said supporting skeleton (12);
- wherein said plate element (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) is arranged between said supporting skeleton (12) and said outer covering skin (13), or said supporting skeleton (12) is arranged between said plate element and said outer covering skin (13);
- and wherein said plate element (24, 24a, 24b, 24c) is arranged vertically aligned with said gaskets (6) and with said support element (7).
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