Patent ID: 7849559
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An impact absorbing hood stop for an automotive vehicle comprising: an upper section adapted to be disposed below a lower surface of a vehicle hood; a lower section adapted to be attached to a vehicle component underlying the hood; and a first impact absorbing section disposed between the upper section and the lower section and comprising at least three supporting members, each with a reduced cross-sectional area, diverging from one another and from a central axis extending through the upper and lower sections as they extend from the upper section toward the lower section, the reduced cross-sectional area of the first of the supporting members being different from the reduced cross-sectional areas of the remaining supporting members such that the first supporting member is weaker than and deforms before the remaining supporting members when the first impact absorbing section is subjected to an impact force.