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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Dinesh C. Seksaria, Novi, MI (US);
Russell Long, Murrysville, PA (US);
Dinesh C. Seksaria, Novi, MI (US);
Russell Long, Murrysville, PA (US);
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a truck hood including a metal hood skin including at least an upper portion and a sidewall portion; and a frame supporting at least a portion of the metal hood skin including polymer and aluminum reinforcements. The polymer reinforcements include a front hood stiffener member positioned at a front end portion of the metal hood skin, a rear hood stiffener member positioned at a rear end portion of the metal hood skin and hood corner longitudinal members connecting the front hood stiffener member to the rear hood stiffener member. The aluminum reinforcements include front and rear frame extruded members positioned along the sidewalls of the metal hood skin and an arch extruded reinforcement positioned at the wheel arch. In one aspect of the invention, the truck hood further includes a pair of fenders formed of a metal skin that may be reinforced by a polymer fender mat.