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US 2015/0028624 A1Published application
Vehicle hood assembly
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsChris James Tadeusz Wisniewski, Jenne-Tai Wang, Bingbing Nie, Qing Zhou, Rajendra Prasad Krishnappa, Jisi Tang
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Abstract
A vehicle hood assembly includes a first panel member, a second panel member, and a third panel member disposed between the first panel member and the second panel member. The third panel member includes a corrugated body. The third panel member defines a plurality of panel perforations extending through the corrugated body in order to attenuate kinetic energy imparted to the hood assembly.
Claims22
A vehicle hood assembly, comprising:
- a first panel member;
- a second panel member;
- and
- a third panel member disposed between the first panel member and the second panel member, the third panel member including a corrugated body;
- and
- wherein the third panel member defines a plurality of panel perforations extending through the corrugated body;
- wherein the second panel member includes a support plate configured to support the corrugated body, and the support plate defines a plurality of support perforations extending through the support plate.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a hood assembly movably coupled to the vehicle body, the hood assembly defining a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the hood assembly including:
- a first panel member;
- a second panel member;
- a third panel member coupled between the first panel member and the second panel member, the third panel member including a corrugated body, the corrugated body defining a waveform profile propagating in a longitudinal direction from the first edge toward the second edge;
- wherein the third panel member defines a plurality of panel perforations extending through the corrugated body;
- and
- wherein the second panel member includes a substantially flat support plate configured to support the corrugated body, and the second panel member defines a plurality of support perforations extending through the support plate.
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A vehicle hood assembly, comprising:
- a first panel member;
- a second panel member;
- a third panel member disposed between the first panel member and the second panel member, the third panel member including a corrugated body;
- a plurality of adhesive strips coupling the first panel member to the third panel member;
- and
- wherein the third panel member defines a plurality of panel perforations extending through the corrugated body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.