Patent ID: 8167071

Claim:
An engine hood for a motor vehicle, comprising: an outer planking having an outer periphery, an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface; an inner part having an outer periphery connected to the outer periphery of the outer planking and an outwardly facing surface opposed to and spaced from the inwardly facing surface of the outer planking at all locations spaced from the outer peripheries of the outer planking and the inner part; a supporting part operatively arranged between the outer planking and the inner part, the supporting part reinforcing the outer planking; wherein the supporting part comprises an outer periphery, supporting elements extending from spaced apart positions on the outer periphery of the supporting part into supporting contact with the inner part, all of the supporting part other than the supporting elements being spaced from the inner part and being opposed to and substantially parallel to the outer planking, and the supporting elements permitting a displacement of the outer planking relative to the inner part in an event of an essentially vertical force applied to the outer planking until a predominant surface of the supporting part rests against the inner part.