Front-hood arrangement for a passenger vehicle and method of making same
First Claim
1. Front-hood arrangement for a passenger vehicle, having a downwardly facing, lateral separating gap, between a front hood and a mudguard, the front hood having an internal inner hood and an external outer hood, the front hood having at least one stiffening zone which is supported directly or indirectly on a lateral supporting element of a vehicle body when the front hood is closed, the outer hood having a lateral border region, an end edge of which is adjacent to the separating gap, at least one connecting web being provided via which the stiffening zone is connected to the border region of the outer hood, wherein when the front hood is closed, the stiffening zone is supported laterally outwards on stop means which are fastened to the supporting element of the vehicle body.
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Abstract
A front-hood arrangement, in particular a hood arrangement for a passenger vehicle is provided with a downwardly facing, lateral separating gap between the front hood and a mudguard. The front hood has an internal inner hood and an external outer hood. The front hood has a stiffening zone which is supported directly or indirectly on a supporting element of the vehicle body when the front hood is closed. The outer hood has a lateral border region, the end edge of which is adjacent to the separating gap, at least one connecting web being provided via which the stiffening zone is connected to the border region of the outer hood. In order to improve the expansion behavior when a person impacts vertically onto the front hood, it is proposed that when the front hood is closed, the stiffening zone is supported laterally outwards on stop means which are fastened to the supporting element of the vehicle body.
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- 1. Front-hood arrangement for a passenger vehicle, having a downwardly facing, lateral separating gap, between a front hood and a mudguard, the front hood having an internal inner hood and an external outer hood, the front hood having at least one stiffening zone which is supported directly or indirectly on a lateral supporting element of a vehicle body when the front hood is closed, the outer hood having a lateral border region, an end edge of which is adjacent to the separating gap, at least one connecting web being provided via which the stiffening zone is connected to the border region of the outer hood, wherein when the front hood is closed, the stiffening zone is supported laterally outwards on stop means which are fastened to the supporting element of the vehicle body.
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31. A vehicle assembly comprising:
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a mudguard extending along a vehicle side;
a hood assembly including an inner hood and an outer hood operable to cover a space adjacent the vehicle side, said outer hood including a lateral border section which exhibits a bottom edge spaced by a separating gap from a top of the mudguard when the hood assembly is in a closed position, a vehicle body supporting element disposed laterally inward with respect to the mudguard, hood stiffening structure supported at the vehicle body supporting element when the hood assembly is in a closed position, and at least one connecting web connecting the hood stiffening structure with the lateral border section, wherein said hood stiffening structure and connecting web are configured such that the outer hood lateral border region is deformed and expanded laterally outwards in response to impact forces on top of the outer hood to thereby ensure a reliable deformation energy damping path in the event of pedestrian impact against the lateral border section. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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