Patent ID: 8893840
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B62D,E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An enclosure disposed around an engine of a vehicle, the enclosure comprising: a hood disposed above the engine, the hood having an inset rim extending along a side of the hood; a door moveable between a generally vertical closed position and a generally horizontal open position, the door including an upper edge, a lower edge, an interior panel, and an exterior panel fixedly joined to the interior panel; and a hinge attached to the hood and to the door, the hinge configured to rotate the door through a swing angle and to lift the upper edge of the door above the rim when the door is moved from the closed position to the open position, wherein, when the door is in the closed position, the upper edge is disposed adjacent to the hood and the door is substantially vertical from the upper edge to the lower edge.