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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Ryoichi Ishikawa, Wako, JP;
Katsuhiro Shibata, Wako, JP;
Kiyotaka Toma, Wako, JP;
Masashi Ishii, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Ryoichi Ishikawa, Wako, JP;
Katsuhiro Shibata, Wako, JP;
Kiyotaka Toma, Wako, JP;
Masashi Ishii, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automobile hood has a skin and a frame reinforcing it. At least part of a space defined between the skin and the frame is packed with a foamed metal which breaks down continuously upon receiving an external force. Its continuous breakdown absorbs a substantially equal amount of impact energy continuously.