Patent ID: 9283923
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60R,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A ladder honeycomb hood structure for a motor vehicle for pedestrian protection comprising: an inner panel having ten complete equally sized first hexagon cut-out portions of equal diameter, each of said first hexagon cut-out portions comprises one side disposed at ten degrees to a horizontal direction; a first central ladder cut-out formed with a first rib, said first rib extending in the horizontal direction and having a first length; a second central ladder cut-out located above the first central ladder cut-out, said second central ladder cut-out formed with a second rib, said second rib having a second length shorter than the first length of the first rib, said second rib extending in the horizontal direction; a third central ladder cut-out located below the first central ladder cut-out, said third central ladder cut-out formed with a third rib, said third rib having a third length longer than the first length of the first rib, said third rib extending in the horizontal direction; wherein the first, second, and third ribs of the central ladder cut-outs are disposed to resemble a ladder shape, defining a central ladder; said hood structure is arranged such that said first hexagon cut-out portions are symmetrically formed on both sides of said central ladder; and a plurality of unequally sized second hexagon cut-out portions are formed in a space between the first hexagons and a hood side section.