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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Koki Ikeda, Toyota, JP;
Seiho Yonezawa, Miyoshi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Izuhara, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B62D 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/12 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01); B62D 25/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hood inner panel that is provided with plural wave-shaped portions that extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction is provided at a vehicle lower side of a hood outer panel. A lock reinforcement is disposed at a lower side of a vehicle front of the hood inner panel. Front end portions of the plural wave-shaped portions of the hood inner panel are positioned further toward a vehicle front side than a rear end portion of the lock reinforcement.