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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Dinesh C. Seksaria, Novi, MI (US);
John W. Cobes, Jr., Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Sherri F. Mccleary, Apollo, PA (US);
Stephen Paul Sunday, Richmond, VA (US);
Dinesh C. Seksaria, Novi, MI (US);
John W. Cobes, Jr., Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Sherri F. McCleary, Apollo, PA (US);
Stephen Paul Sunday, Richmond, VA (US);
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a thin vehicle closure panel design that substantially reduces a thickness (panel gauge plus the perpendicular distance or depth between the panels) of a vehicle hood () and the impact effect on the head of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. In one embodiment, the vehicle hood () includes a hood shell () including an outer panel () and an inner panel (); a unitary foam core () positioned between and bonded to the outer () and/or the inner panel () of the hood shell (); and at least one recess () that corresponds to an underhood component (). In another aspect of the invention, a vehicle hood () is provided in which a latch attachment member () and/or hinge members () are attached to inner surface () of the inner panel () of the hood shell ().