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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Mai Sekikawa, Wako, JP;
Masato Ishibashi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Mai Sekikawa, Wako, JP;
Masato Ishibashi, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/105 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hood frame is provided with a center bead, front radiating beads and rear radiating beads to ensure that the front hood bends in the shape of inverted letter-V under a frontal crash load. Further, the beads provide the hood frame with a stiffness (including an out-of-plane stiffness) which is required of the front hood while the downward deformation of the hood frame under a downward load can be controlled and the HIC level can be set at an appropriate level.