Vehicle hood structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9533715-B2
Application number	US-201414901125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle hood structure includes a hood lock reinforcement that is provided on a vehicle lower side of an inner panel that forms a hood, and to which a striker is attached on a front side in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The hood lock reinforcement includes a step-shaped rear wall portion that is formed farther to a rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the striker, on the hood lock reinforcement, and in which a rear end portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction is arranged farther to a vehicle upper side than a front end portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and that includes at least four ridge lines that extend in a vehicle width direction, and that includes at least two leg portions that separate at least one of the ridge lines in the vehicle width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle hood structure comprising
a hood lock reinforcement that is provided on a vehicle lower side of an inner panel that forms a hood, and to which a striker is attached on a front side in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein
the hood lock reinforcement includes a step-shaped rear wall portion that is formed farther to a rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the striker, on the hood lock reinforcement, and in which a rear end portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction is arranged farther to a vehicle upper side than a front end portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and that includes at least four ridge lines that extend in a vehicle width direction, and that includes at least two leg portions that separate at least a first ridge line in the vehicle width direction, the first ridge line being the first ridge line that is bent to an opposite side with respect to a ridge line of the highest portion, when the ridge lines are counted from the ridge line of the highest portion toward a vehicle front,
the hood lock reinforcement including a reinforcing portion that is provided on at least one of the leg portions, and that provides reinforcement with respect to bending of at least one of the ridge lines due to a load applied from the striker when the hood is dosed, the reinforcing portion being provided crossing over, in the vehicle longitudinal direction; at least the first ridge line.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Inoue Katsuya
• Kawano Hiroto

Classifications

• B62D25/105

  for motor cars · CPC title

• B60R21/34

  Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians {(B60R19/02 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B62D25/12 Primary

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• B62D25/10 Primary

  Bonnets or lids {, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles (for truck beds B60J7/1607; for boats B63B19/12; doors arranged at the vehicle rear B60J5/10; inlet covers for vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/05; for protecting non-occupants of a vehicle B60R21/38)} · CPC title