AUTOMOBILE HOOD Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: automobile industry. SUBSTANCE: hood 1 has outer panel 2 and inner panel 3, lock detent 4 functionally engaged with locking mechanism, and stiffener 5 connected with inner panel 3. Design peculiarity is that inner panel 3 in lock detent zone has recess 6 whose base is close proximity with outer panel, being located equidistantly with the latter. Recess 6 accommodates stiffener 5 made in form of corrugation. Parts of walls 10, 11 of corrugation lie in planes located with maximum proximity to direction of closing force P of hood 1 and are rigidly connected with lock detent 4 which increases rigidly of inner and outer panels in zone of locking mechanism and improves reliability of fastening of lock detent 4. EFFECT: improved reliability of hood locking. 4 cl, 3 dwg