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US 7,114,765 B2Granted
Automobile hood
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyoichi Ishikawa, Katsuhiro Shibata, Kiyotaka Toma, Masashi Ishii
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Abstract
An automobile hood has a skin and a frame reinforcing it. At least part of a space defined between the skin and the frame is packed with a foamed metal which breaks down continuously upon receiving an external force. Its continuous breakdown absorbs a substantially equal amount of impact energy continuously.
Claims17
A hood for an automobile, comprising:
- a hood skin;
- a hood frame attached to an underside of the hood skin for reinforcing the hood skin, wherein the hood frame includes a planar member disposed substantially parallel to the hood skin, the planar member having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first leg extending from the first end of the planar member to the hood skin, and a second leg extending from the second end of the planar member to the hood skin;
- a foamed metal filling wholly or partly a space defined between the hood skin and the hood frame;
- and
- a receiving member attached directly to the underside of the hood skin, wherein the hood frame is completely encased by the receiving member.
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A hood for an automobile, comprising:
- a hood skin;
- a hood frame attached to an underside of the hood skin for reinforcing the hood skin;
- a foamed metal filling wholly or partly a space defined between the hood skin and the hood frame;
- and
- a receiving member attached directly to the underside of the hood skin, wherein the hood frame is completely encased by the receiving member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.