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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Seiho Yonezawa, Toyota, JP;

Koki Ikeda, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Atsumi, Aichi-gun, JP;

Nao Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Seiho Yonezawa, Toyota, JP;

Koki Ikeda, Toyota, JP;

Shinya Atsumi, Aichi-gun, JP;

Nao Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle hood structure capable of improving impact absorption ability prior to a secondary impact when an impacting body impacts the hood. Front end portions of beads of a wave shaped section are arranged in a line in hood plan view. A front wall section is provided further to the hood front side than the wave shaped section and is formed inclined towards the hood bottom side on progression towards the hood front and running substantially along the vehicle width direction. The wave shaped section and the front wall section are connected together by a ledge section formed running substantially along the hood width direction.


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