HOOD OF AUTOMOBILE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: automotive industry. SUBSTANCE: automobile hood has outer and inner panels, lock detent functionally coupled with locking mechanism, box-shaped stiffener with lock fixing member made in form of flat plate 10 with threaded hole fixed by box-shaped holder with coaxial hole. Stiffener is located in cavity of inner panel made in zone of location of lock detent. Base of cavity is located close to outer panel. Flexible member installed in between increases rigidity of outer and inner panels in zone of locking device. EFFECT: improved reliability of lock detent. 3 cl, 3 dwg