US 11,912,341 B2
Automobile hood
Tohru Yoshida, Tokyo (JP); Koichi Hamada, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Kawachi, Tokyo (JP); Atsuo Koga, Tokyo (JP); and Takuya Oishi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/422,056
Filed by NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/051436
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/145199, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. JP2019-002993 (JP), filed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097773 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/105 (2013.01) [B62D 29/008 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automobile hood, comprising:
a panel,
a reinforcing member, and
a joint that joins together the panel and the reinforcing member,
wherein:
the reinforcing member includes a structure in which a plurality of units having a hexagonal annular shape are disposed in a close-packed arrangement;
the unit has a floor, an inclined wall, and a top plate;
the floor is adjacent to the panel;
the top plate and the panel are separated from each other;
the inclined wall is arranged between the floor and the top plate;
a ridge line having a hexagonal annular shape of the unit is between the inclined wall and the floor;
the floor has an annular end part which is centered on the center of the annular unit; and
a length of one side of the ridge line having the hexagonal annular shape is 40 mm or more and 75 mm or less.