Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lightweight hybrid material truck hoods
- Patent Title (中): 轻型混合动力材料卡车罩
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Application No.: US12880318Application Date: 2010-09-13
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Publication No.: US08128159B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Dinesh C. Seksaria , Russell Long
- Applicant: Dinesh C. Seksaria , Russell Long
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: B62D25/12
- IPC: B62D25/12

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a truck hood including a metal hood skin including at least an upper portion and a sidewall portion; and a frame supporting at least a portion of the metal hood skin including polymer and aluminum reinforcements. The polymer reinforcements include a front hood stiffener member positioned at a front end portion of the metal hood skin, a rear hood stiffener member positioned at a rear end portion of the metal hood skin and hood corner longitudinal members connecting the front hood stiffener member to the rear hood stiffener member. The aluminum reinforcements include front and rear frame extruded members positioned along the sidewalls of the metal hood skin and an arch extruded reinforcement positioned at the wheel arch. In one aspect of the disclosure, the truck hood further includes a pair of fenders formed of a metal skin that may be reinforced by a polymer fender mat.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110001338A1 LIGHTWEIGHT HYBRID MATERIAL TRUCK HOODS Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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