PEDESTRIAN SAFE AUTOMOTIVE HOOD HAVING REINFORCING FOAM

• Main Authors: MCCLEARY SHERRI F, SUNDAY STEPHEN PAUL, SEKSARIA DINESH C, COBES, JR. JOHN W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.06.2010
• Subjects: COMBINED OPERATIONS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOTOR VEHICLES; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS

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 (5) and the impact effect on the head of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. In one embodiment, th...