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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kawachi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsuo Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance are secured while achieving weight reduction. Automobile hoodhas a panel, a reinforcing member, and a jointthat joins the paneland the reinforcing member. The reinforcing memberincludes a structure formed from a plurality of unitshaving a hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Unithas a floor, inclined walland top plate. The flooris adjacent to the panel. Top plateand panelare separated from each other. The inclined wallis arranged between the floorand the top plate. A hexagonal annular first ridge lineof the unitis located between the inclined walland the floor. A length Lof one side of the first ridge lineis 40-75 mm.