IP Library Granted Patent US 7,270,367
Granted Patent B2
US 7,270,367 · App. 10/563,331 · Granted Sep 18, 2007

Front hood system

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Patent No.
US 7,270,367
App. No.
10/563,331
Granted
Sep 18, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a front bonnet system of a motor vehicle with a front bonnet ( 1 ) and with encircling body parts ( 2, 3 ). The body parts ( 2, 3 ) have supporting points ( 4 ) which are flexible in the vertical direction and on which the front bonnet ( 1 ) is supported when closed. The flexible supporting points ( 4 ) are designed as a linearly encircling supporting strip ( 5 ) with a sealing strip ( 6 ) situated between the supporting strip ( 5 ) and the front bonnet ( 1 ). The front bonnet ( 1 ) has, on its side ( 7 ) facing the supporting strip ( 5 ), an absorption strip ( 8 ) which encircles it in a manner corresponding to the supporting strip ( 5 ) and can be brought to bear against the sealing strip ( 6 ).

Claims (22)

1. A front hood system of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a front hood;

at least one encircling body part having at least one supporting point flexible in the vertical direction and on which the front hood is supported when closed said at least one supporting point including a linearly encircling supporting strip with a sealing strip situated between the supporting strip and the front hood, the front hood having, on its side facing the supporting strip, an absorption strip which encircles the front hood in a manner corresponding to the supporting strip and is designed to be brought to bear against the sealing strip.

2. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the front hood has, at least over a partial region of an outer edge, an outer region extending from the absorption strip to the outer edge, a clearance extending over the width of the outer region in the vertical direction to the supporting strip situated below.

3. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supporting strip has a doubly bent, approximately Z-shaped cross section, with a free limb for receiving the sealing strip and a retaining limb secured on an adjacent one of said at least one body part, the free limb lying in the vertical direction below the retaining limb.

4. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supporting strip is plastic.

5. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absorption strip is coated with a sound-absorbing material on a side facing the sealing strip.

6. The front hood system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sound-absorbing material is formed by a sound-absorbing mat fitted on the inside of the front bonnet and drawn around the absorption strip.

7. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absorption strip has an approximately trapezoidal cross section, a narrow side of which is able to be brought to bear against the sealing strip.

8. The front hood system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absorption strip is formed from a rigid synthetic foam.

9. The front bonnet system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absorption strip is formed from a plastic hollow trough.

10. The front hood system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the supporting strip is plastic.

11. The front hood system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the supporting strip is plastic.

12. The front hood system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the absorption strip is coated with a sound-absorbing material on a side facing the sealing strip.

13. The front hood system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the absorption strip is coated with a sound-absorbing material on a side facing the sealing strip.

14. The front hood system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the absorption strip is coated with a sound-absorbing material on a side facing the sealing strip.

15. The front hood system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the absorption strip has an approximately trapezoidal cross section, a narrow side of which is able to be brought to bear against the sealing strip.

16. The front hood system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the absorption strip has an approximately trapezoidal cross section, a narrow side of which is able to be brought to bear against the sealing strip.

17. The front hood system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the absorption strip has an approximately trapezoidal cross section, a narrow side of which is able to be brought to bear against the sealing strip.

18. The front hood system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the absorption strip is formed from a rigid synthetic foam.

19. The front hood system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the absorption strip is formed from a rigid synthetic foam.

20. The front bonnet system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the absorption strip is formed from a plastic hollow trough.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 053583/0493 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 020976/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2006
From: MAIRING, WOLFGANG
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
Reel/Frame 017787/0661 →