Title:
STRUCTURE OF ENGINE HOOD LOCK
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3956833
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deflect and deform a front end of an engine hood downward when the automobile collides with a pedestrian and the upper body of the pedestrian hits the front portion of the engine hood from top to reduce the impact on the pedestrian.
SOLUTION: In this structure of an engine hood lock where a striker 2 placed on the back surface side of a front end portion of an engine hood 1 of an automobile comprising an outer panel 10 and an inner panel 11 is locked disengageably to a hood lock 4 placed on a radiator support upper 5 positioned at a upper front end portion of an engine room, a striker support member 3 having a substantially U shape in section is fixed to the back surface of the outer panel 10, the support member 3 is projected downward of the inner panel 11 passing through a hole 12 formed on the panel 11, the striker 2 is fixed on the bottom surface of a bottom wall 30 of the member 3, and a deformable portion 33 that is deformed easily in a vertical direction is formed on vertical walls 31 and 32 of the member 3.
Inventors:
Murase Yukinari
Hideyuki Komai
Hideyuki Komai
Application Number:
JP2002313643A
Publication Date:
August 08, 2007
Filing Date:
October 29, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B62D25/10; E05B15/02; B60R21/34; B62D25/12; (IPC1-7): B62D25/10; B60R21/34; B62D25/12; E05B15/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002160667A | ||||
| JP60131448U | ||||
| JP2045259U | ||||
| JP2002019641A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Motomu Itou
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