VEHICLE EXTERIOR COMPONENT

摘要

A vehicle exterior component includes a honeycomb structure having an inner plate portion arranged in the vicinity of an engine compartment, an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion, and a honeycomb portion held between the plate portions. The honeycomb portion includes a plurality of partition walls and a plurality of cells, which are separated from one another by the partition walls. Each of the partition walls of each cell has communication holes, to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell. Each partition wall has an absorbing portion. When external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at positions corresponding to the peripheries of the communication holes, of the partition wall.

主权项

1. A vehicle exterior component comprising a honeycomb structure having a portion formed of plastic, wherein
the honeycomb structure includes:
an inner plate portion adapted for arrangement in the vicinity of an engine compartment;an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion; anda honeycomb portion held between the inner plate portion and the outer plate portion, the honeycomb portion includes:
a plurality of partition walls; anda plurality of cells separated from one another by the partition walls, each of the cells has an interior space surrounded by the corresponding ones of the partition walls, the inner plate portion, and the outer plate portion, at least one of the partition walls of each cell has at least one communication hole to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell, and the at least one partition wall has an absorbing portion, wherein, when external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall through the outer plate portion, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at a position corresponding to the periphery of the communication hole of the partition wall.