Nissan Motor Company Limited

Yutaka Mekuchi

Kenji Tsushima

Masaki Kuno

Katsuhiro Kishida

Sumio Hirao

Hirohiko Date

An engine hood structure including a hood panel, and a porous metal layer disposed on an inside of the hood panel. The porous metal layer has a density increased in a direction extending from an outer periphery of the engine hood structure toward a central portion of the engine hood structure. The porous metal layer is constructed such that a plateau stress generated in the porous metal layer upon a compression test is increased in a direction extending from an outer periphery of the engine hood structure toward a central portion of the engine hood structure.

Engine hood for automobiles

A covered electrode for shielded metal arc welding, which is particularly suitable for use in build-up welding operation for the purpose of providing hard surface to a metal die. The covered electrode comprises such amounts of Ni, Si, B, Nb, C and Zr as essential alloying elements that the deposited metal contains at least 40% of Ni, 3-8% of Si, 0.1-0.5% of B, 0.3-2.0% of Nb, 0.2-1.5% of C and 0.01-0.20% of Zr, all by weight. In a preferred form, either Ni wire or Fe--Ni wire is used as the core wire, and the covering contains necessary amounts of all the essential alloying elements except Ni. The deposited metal has high wear resistance and good antifrictional property, and the presence of Zr is highly effective for preventing the occurrence of weld cracks.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yutaka Mekuchi