| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reinforcing member for the rear end of an engine hood of an automobile where high initial acceleration is generated at an initial time of a collision when an impacter collides against the rear of an engine hood during a pedestrian protection evaluation test, almost of all initial energy possessed by the impacter is absorbed to reduce a stroke of the impacter and also reduce head injury criteria (HIC). <P>SOLUTION: The engine hood reinforcing member for the rear end of the automobile comprises a lower member that extends at a rear end of the engine hood 10 between an outer panel 11 and an inner panel 12 over a substantial entire width of an automobile width and is composed of a lower flange extending along the inner panel 12 and a lower longitudinal wall, and an upper flange extending along the outer panel and an upper longitudinal wall, each of the lower longitudinal wall and the upper longitudinal wall is made to point-contact with each other near their respective ends and further arranged substantially in parallel with a collision direction of a head impacter used for pedestrian protection evaluation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
