A panel that is excellent in both appearance and dent resistance after being formed from a starting material is provided. The panel has a steel sheet including martensite, and a surface roughness parameter (Sa) at a flat part of a center-side portion of the panel is Sa≤0.500 μm. In laths of the martensite, the panel has precipitates having a major axis of 0.05 μm to 1.00 μm and an aspect ratio of 3 or more in an amount of 15 precipitates/μm.sup.2 or more. A ratio YS.sub.1/YS.sub.2 between a yield stress YS.sub.1 measured in a tensile test specimen cut out from the flat part of the center-side portion of the panel and a yield stress YS.sub.2 measured in a tensile test specimen cut out from an end part of the panel is 0.90 to 1.10.

A front part assembly for a mobility device, a front-part-integrated assembly including the same, and a process of assembling the same are disclosed. The front part assembly includes a bumper, a fender, and a hood, which are integrally formed, wherein the bumper and the fender are connected to each other to define an internal space therebetween, and the hood is rotatably connected at a front end thereof to the bumper such that a rear end of the hood is rotated vertically to open and close the internal space. The front-part-integrated mobility device includes the front part assembly and a frame, which is coupled to the front part assembly and is coupled to a cowl and a rear fender. The method includes rotating the hood to open the internal space, coupling the front part assembly to the frame, and rotating the hood to close the internal space.

A motor vehicle hood assembly includes a hood shell and a fluid reservoir having a body including a stringer section and a plurality of finger sections that are connected to and extend from the stringer section. The fluid reservoir may be provided packaged between the hood shell and an insulation layer of the hood assembly. A filling port is provided to assure the fluid is replenished by gravity once it's emptied from the reservoir.

A front hood assembly for a vehicle including a front grille may include a sensory assembly, a bumper assembly positioned adjacent to the front grille, and an energy absorber structure. The bumper assembly may include a bumper reinforcement having a front face and a top face, which front face is disposed below and extends away from the top face. The energy absorber structure may be positioned adjacent to the top face of the bumper reinforcement. The energy absorber structure may be rearwardly compliant in an impact direction and disposed below and rearwardly of the sensory assembly such that an impact of the sensory assembly with the energy absorber structure in the impact direction collapses the energy absorber structure rearwardly.

A hood for closing a compartment of a vehicle includes an outer panel forming a vehicle body outer side portion of the hood. The hood further includes a cooling channel structure arranged at an inner side portion of the outer panel, wherein the cooling channel structure is adapted for transferring a cooling fluid from a vehicle component and back to the vehicle component such that heat is exchanged via the outer panel with the vehicle surroundings.

Systems and methods are presented herein for providing a reinforcement structure to reduce a Head Impact Criteria value associated with an object impacting a hood assembly that comprises the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure is arranged between an outer hood structure and an inner hood structure. The reinforcements structure comprises a main reinforcement and a reinforcement extension configured to extend laterally away from the main reinforcement. The reinforcement extension comprises a rib structure configured to accommodate an upper profile of a rigid front fascia feature and a rear flange configured to extend rearward over the rigid front fascia feature. The reinforcement extension is structured to be stiff enough to deform in a manner that reduces the amount of time an impacting structure reaches a peak acceleration value while also reducing the achievable peak acceleration value.

A hood for a motor vehicle includes a framework base having a length extension along a first axis and a width extension along a second axis, a first covering panel fixed to the framework base so as to cover a first end of the framework base along the first axis over the entire width extension, a second covering panel fixed to the framework base so as to cover a second end of the framework base over the entire width extension, wherein the first and the second covering panel leave an intermediate portion of the framework base between the first and the second end, according to the first axis, uncovered.

A hood for a motor vehicle includes a framework base having a length extension along a first axis and a width extension along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a covering panel for at least partially covering a portion of the framework base, and fixing means for fixing the covering panel to said portion, such that the covering panel at least partially covers the portion, the fixing means being provided with a base element carried by the covering panel in a fixed position relative to the covering panel, and a register element coupled to the base element in a movable manner along a third axis transverse to a plane comprising the first and the second axis, wherein the register element has an end that is farther from the base element along the third axis and faces the framework base, the end being adapted to abut against the framework base along the third axis.

An embodiment is a vehicle body rear connection structure including a chassis frame, a rear vehicle body assembly with a rear mounting portion connected to the chassis frame, and a rear end module assembled with the rear vehicle body assembly in a length direction of the vehicle body and the rear end module with an end module mounting portion connected with the rear mounting portion, the rear end module including a rear protruded portion configured to provide bolting engagement with the rear vehicle body assembly in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and a forward protruded portion configured to be bolted to the rear vehicle body assembly in the vehicle body length direction.

The present disclosure relates to a body and doors protection assembly for a vehicle, a hood assembly comprising such a body and doors protection assembly, a vehicle comprising such a hood assembly and a manufacturing method for such a body and doors protection assembly.

The body and doors protection assembly comprises a first protecting member, a second protecting member and a sliding member. The first protecting member is attachable on an inner surface of a vehicle hood at a rear edge of the vehicle hood. The second protecting member is attachable in a front side portion of a vehicle body facing the rear edge of the vehicle hood in a closed position of the vehicle hood. The sliding member is at least partially enclosed in the second protecting member and configured to contact the first protecting member in the closed position of the vehicle hood. The sliding member is movable in a lateral direction relative to the vehicle hood in the closed position of the vehicle hood.