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Title:
HOOD ASSEMBLY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016003010
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hood assembly in which an outer panel is provided with a predetermined deformation from a top down load.SOLUTION: A hood assembly includes an outer panel having an interior surface 18 and a peripheral edge 20. The hood assembly further includes a frame mounted on the outer panel. The frame has a contoured section 40. The contoured section is separated from the interior surface of the outer panel and adjacent to a forward portion of the peripheral edge of the outer panel. The contoured section includes an opening 42 disposed on the contoured section so as to facilitate a deformation of the outer panel from a top down load.

Inventors:
JEREMIAH THOMAS HAMMER
Application Number:
JP2015119008A
Publication Date:
January 12, 2016
Filing Date:
June 12, 2015
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA
International Classes:
B62D25/10; B21D19/08; B21D53/88
Domestic Patent References:
JP2010235039A2010-10-21
JP2010173556A2010-08-12
JP2015013506A2015-01-22
JP2015093639A2015-05-18
Foreign References:
US20090178872A12009-07-16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Yuichi Morimoto
Shinji Mitsuhashi
Koichi Ito
Tatsuki Sone