US 2017/0282977 A1Published application

Vehicle hood

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)

InventorsHiroko KASHIMA, Masatoshi YOSHIDA

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Abstract

Provided is a vehicle hood capable of improving pedestrian protection performance by suppressing an increase in acceleration secondary peak while increasing an acceleration primary peak. A vehicle hood includes an outer panel, an inner panel, and a deformable part that deforms with the outer panel when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel, in which the inner panel includes a bottom, an upright wall, and an opposed part, and the deformable part includes a joint part joined to an intermediate wall of the upright wall or the opposed part, and a displaceable part that is close to or in contact with the outer panel above the bottom and is capable of being downward displaced with the outer panel to below the joint part when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A vehicle hood comprising:

an outer panel;
an inner panel disposed below the outer panel;
and
a deformable part that is joined to the inner panel and deforms with the outer panel when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel,
wherein the inner panel includes
a bottom,
an upright wall rising from the bottom toward the outer panel, and
an opposed part that is connected to an upper end of the upright wall and is opposed to the outer panel,
wherein the deformable part includes
a joint part joined to an intermediate wall of the upright wall, the intermediate wall being located between a lower end and the upper end of the upright wall, or joined to the opposed part, and
a displaceable part that is close to the outer panel above the bottom and capable of being downward displaced with the outer panel to below the joint part when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel.

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Facts

Application: 15/450,762Filed 6 Mar 2017
Priority: JP 2016-07058031 Mar 2016
Published: 5 Oct 2017
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Classification6 codes

B62D 25/12
Bonnets or lids , e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles: parts or details thereof
B60R 21/34
Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic…
B62D 25/105
Bonnets or lids , e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles: for motor cars
B60R 2021/343
Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians: using deformable body panel, bodywork or components

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