HOOD AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE

Organization Name

Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor(s)

Pablo Torres Sainz of Naucalpan MX

Luis Manuel Mendoza Vega of Santiago Tianguistenco MX

David Zavala Sanchez of Metepec MX

Omar Eduardo Valdez Hernandez of Cuautitlan Izcalli MX

David Michael Kehrer of Macomb MI US

Mark Joseph Courtright of Allen Park MI US

HOOD AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18504746 titled 'HOOD AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE

Original Abstract Submitted

A trunk assembly for a vehicle includes a stowage compartment disposed within the vehicle. The stowage compartment defines a stowage compartment opening. A hood is operable between an opened position and a closed position. The hood includes an outer panel and an inner panel coupled to the outer panel. A waterfall structure is integrally formed with a front section of the hood inner panel and extends outward from the front section. The waterfall structure abuts the stowage compartment to at least partially seal the stowage compartment opening when the hood is in the closed position.