Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Teijin Limited

Chris James Tadeusz Wisniewski

John Neal Owens

Mark A Voss

Bhavesh Shah

Yutaka Yagi

Tsukasa Arai

Jenne-tai Wang

Venkateshwar R Aitharaju

Qing Zhou

Venkat Aitharaju

Bingbing Nie

Rajendra Prasad Krishnappa

Jisi Tang

Provided is a load-carrying or non-load carrying structural component for a vehicle having improved impact resistance, such as a gas tank protection shield, an underbody shield, a structural panel, an interior floor, a floor pan, a roof, an exterior surface, a storage area, a glove box, a console box, a trunk, a trunk floor, a truck bed, and combinations thereof. The component has a support structure with ridges, each spaced apart from one another at predetermined intervals, to form a corrugated surface capable of load-carrying. The ridges are longitudinally extending, raised ridges. The corrugated designs provide support structures that are impact resistant.

Impact resistant component for a vehicle

A vehicle hood assembly includes a first panel member, a second panel member, and a third panel member disposed between the first panel member and the second panel member. The third panel member includes a corrugated body. The third panel member defines a plurality of panel perforations extending through the corrugated body in order to attenuate kinetic energy imparted to the hood assembly.

Vehicle hood assembly

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Oshawa, Canada

Chris James Tadeusz Wisniewski