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US 2016/0096552 A1Published application
Hood assembly
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorJeremiah Thomas Hammer
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Abstract
A hood assembly is provided. The hood assembly includes an outer panel having an interior surface and a peripheral edge. The hood assembly further includes a frame mounted to the outer panel. The frame has a contoured section. The contoured section is spaced apart from the interior surface of the outer panel and adjacent a forward portion of the peripheral edge of the outer panel. The contoured section includes an opening disposed on the contoured section so as to facilitate a deformation of the outer panel from a top down load.
Claims11
A hood assembly comprising:
- an outer panel having an interior surface and a peripheral edge;
- a frame mounted to the outer panel, the frame having a contoured section, the contoured section spaced apart from the interior surface of the outer panel and adjacent the peripheral edge, the frame having an opening, the opening bound by a peripheral edge of the frame, the opening disposed on the contoured section so as to facilitate a deformation of the outer panel from a top down load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.