A hood inner panel for a vehicle includes a first member configured to bend upon a collision of the vehicle, and a second member configured to bent and disposed behind the first member. The first and second members respectively include a first protrusion and a second protrusion that protrude downward. The first protrusion includes a central section that extends in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle from a center in the vehicle width direction and an outer section that extends outward in the vehicle width direction from an outer edge of the central section in the vehicle width direction and that has a backward inclination angle that increases as a position thereof is nearer to outside in the vehicle width direction. The second protrusion extends in the vehicle width direction and at least partly overlaps the outer section of the first protrusion in the vehicle width direction.

An apparatus for automatically opening and closing a trunk lid includes an actuator having a first end configured to be coupled to a vehicle body and a second end configured to be coupled to a hinge arm coupled to the trunk lid, a closing trigger link having a first end rotatably coupled to the actuator, an opening trigger link rotatably coupled to the closing trigger link, a spring assembling pin having a first end coupled to the closing trigger link and the opening trigger link, and a spring having a first end coupled to a second end of the spring assembling pin, and a second end configured to be coupled to the vehicle body or a panel configured to be mounted on the vehicle body.

A vehicle bonnet structure, having designability, dent resistance and reduced weight, includes an outer panel, an inner panel attached to a back face of this outer panel, and a stiffener disposed between a front portion of the outer panel and a front portion of the inner panel and supported on the inner panel. A first step portion is provided in a vehicle-width-direction inner-side area of the outer panel which extends in the front-rear direction and has a smaller up-down dimension on the front side than on the rear side. The stiffener includes a first sealer which abuts against the outer panel in an extension line vicinity area toward the front side of a boundary portion of the first step portion and suppresses downward displacement of the outer panel, and a first bead portion extending in the front-rear direction at a position in the vicinity of the first sealer.

An outer skin component for a motor vehicle is designed as a shell component with an outer shell and an inner shell, which are in each case designed as fiber-reinforced plastics shells with a fiber reinforcement embedded into a thermosetting plastic matrix. The fiber reinforcement of the outer shell consists of one or more layers of nonwoven material.

Provided is technology whereby it is possible to avoid interference between a secondary lever and a hood retraction structure upon the retraction of a pop-up hood. A hood retraction structure includes: a slider provided at a front side lower portion of a hood; and a rai that is provided on an upper portion of a striker body constituting a hood locking mechanism, and is movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the slider. The slider has a notch having an opening end provided by being cut in a concave shape from a vehicle front side toward a vehicle rear side, and the notch constitutes the hood locking mechanism, and is provided at a position corresponding to an upper portion of a secondary lever that regulates upward movement of the striker body.

A storage assembly for a vehicle. The storage assembly includes a storage receptacle, a lid being configured for moving between a closing position in which it closes the storage receptacle and an open position, a sealing arrangement being positioned at the storage receptacle or at the lid such that in the closing position of the lid, the sealing arrangement seals the storage receptacle with respect to the lid, and a closing facilitation mechanism being configured for reducing a force for bringing the lid into the closing position from the open position. Moreover, a vehicle is presented which includes such a storage assembly. Additionally, a method for closing a lid of a storage assembly of a vehicle is presented.

A hood for a vehicle includes an inner panel having a deformation region on at least a portion of the inner panel. The deformation region defining a plurality of perforations configured to tear at an area between the perforations. The perforations being defined in an array constituting at least a partial outer periphery of the deformation region such that upon impact, the deformation region is configured to break along the outer periphery at the area between the perforations.

A vehicle panel structure according to technology disclosed herein includes: a panel member employed in a vehicle; a joining member configured including an angled wall that is disposed on one plate thickness direction side of a joined-to wall of the panel member, and that is angled with respect to the joined-to wall, and a joining wall that is disposed facing the one plate thickness direction side of the joined-to wall, and that is coupled to the angled wall through a bent portion; and a spot weld that configures a join portion where the joining wall is joined to the joined-to wall, and that is set at a portion of the join portion where an extension line running along an axial direction of the angled wall intersects.

An engine hood insulator is provided. The engine hood insulator includes an insulating layer and a plurality of first elastic connecting elements coupled with the insulating layer. The first elastic connecting elements are detachably connected with a plurality of second connecting elements disposed on a lower surface of the engine hood.

Illustratively, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle that includes an entrance to an interior compartment. A step assembly is located adjacent the entrance of the vehicle and includes at least one step and at least one riser. The at least one riser is attached to and substantially perpendicular to the at least one step. The step assembly also includes an opening that allows access behind the step assembly. A lid is provided that includes a hinge to allow selective movement of the lid between open and closed positions with respect to the opening in the step assembly. A securement is attached to the underside surface of the lid to hold the lid to the step assembly. This securement, however, does not extend upward from the top surface of the lid.