US 12,233,945 B2
Hood structure for vehicle
Junya Nagai, Tokyo (JP); and Akihiro Imaizumi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,466.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-166624 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115536 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B62D 25/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/12 (2013.01) [B62D 25/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hood structure for a vehicle, the hood structure comprising:
an outer panel on an upper side;
an inner panel on a lower side; and
a reinforced panel disposed on a front end side of the inner panel,
wherein the outer panel and the inner panel are arranged to overlap each other in a plan view,
wherein the outer panel has a recessed portion extending substantially in a longitudinal direction and recessed downward,
wherein the inner panel has holed portions at least partially overlapping the recessed portion of the outer panel in the plan view,
wherein at least two of the holed portions are arranged spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction,
wherein at least two of the holed portions include, on a front outer side of the reinforced panel, a first outer holed portion, and a first inner holed portion adjacent to the first outer holed portion in a width direction of the recessed portion, and
wherein the first outer holed portion and the first inner holed portion at least partially overlaps the recessed portion of the outer panel in the plan view.