IP Library Granted Patent US 10,259,422
Granted Patent B2
US 10,259,422 · App. 15/699,552 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Hood of vehicle

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Patent No.
US 10,259,422
App. No.
15/699,552
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle hood structure includes a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel that is disposed at a back surface of the hood outer panel. In vehicle hood structure, the hood inner panel includes an outer peripheral frame that is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the hood inner panel, a proximate surface that is arranged inside from the outer peripheral frame and is joined to the back surface of the outer panel, and a connection vertical wall that connects an inner peripheral vertical wall configuring an inner periphery of the outer peripheral frame and the proximate surface.

Claims (24)

1. A vehicle hood structure comprising:

a hood outer panel; and

a hood inner panel that is disposed at a back surface of the hood outer panel, wherein the hood inner panel includes:

an outer peripheral frame that is arranged in an outer peripheral portion of the hood inner panel;

a proximate surface that is arranged inside from the outer peripheral frame and is joined to the back surface of the outer panel; and

a connection vertical wall that connects an inner peripheral vertical wall configuring an inner periphery of the outer peripheral frame and the proximate surface,

the inner peripheral vertical wall and the connection vertical wall form a front-side vertical wall which extends in a vehicle width direction at a vehicle front side portion of the proximate surface, and form lateral-side vertical walls which extend in a front and rear direction of a vehicle at both side portions of the proximate surface in the vehicle width direction,

each of the lateral-side vertical walls is formed to have a stepped shape including a flat surface, and

a width of the flat surface between the inner peripheral vertical wall and the connection vertical wall becomes smaller as the flat surface extends closer to the front-side vertical wall.

2. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the flat surface is disposed at a proximate surface side compared to a center of the lateral-side vertical wall in the vehicle width direction.

3. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a first through hole is formed in the flat surface.

4. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the first through hole includes a connection portion connecting the proximate surface and a lateral-side vertical wall.

5. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 3 , wherein

a second through hole is formed in a connection portion connecting the front-side vertical wall and the lateral-side vertical wall, and

a terminal end of the flat surface is connected with the second through hole.

6. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner peripheral vertical wall and the connection vertical wall form a rear-side vertical wall which extends in the vehicle width direction at a vehicle rear side portion of the proximate surface, and

the flat surface is formed continuous with the lateral-side vertical wall and the rear-side vertical wall.

7. The vehicle hood structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a through hole is formed in a connection portion connecting the front-side vertical wall and the lateral-side vertical wall, and

a terminal end of the flat surface is connected with the through hole.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2017
From: NAKASAKO, MAKOTO; INAGAKI, HIDETAKA; NAKAMURA, YOSHIHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044214/0911 →