Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle pop up hood apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 车辆弹出式发动机罩
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Application No.: US12864365Application Date: 2009-01-22
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Publication No.: US08307935B2Publication Date: 2012-11-13
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Takahashi , Hitoshi Yuasa , Yukio Nakagawa , Kazuyuki Yoshiyama , Shigeyuki Suzuki , Takeki Hayashi , Hajime Kitte , Masashi Aoki , Toshikatsu Togawa , Toshinobu Tsuboi , Shinji Mori
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Takahashi , Hitoshi Yuasa , Yukio Nakagawa , Kazuyuki Yoshiyama , Shigeyuki Suzuki , Takeki Hayashi , Hajime Kitte , Masashi Aoki , Toshikatsu Togawa , Toshinobu Tsuboi , Shinji Mori
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota JP Kiyosu JP Ogaki
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.,Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha,Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.,Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota JP Kiyosu JP Ogaki
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2008-015610 20080125
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/050976 WO 20090122
- International Announcement: WO2009/093656 WO 20090730
- Main IPC: B60R21/34
- IPC: B60R21/34

Abstract:
In a vehicle pop-up hood apparatus in which a rod is extended and a hood is pushed up by the operation of an actuator at a time of collision with a collision body, collision energy is absorbed with high efficiency when a collision load of a predetermined value or greater is input to an area near a hood pushed up position.Actuator (18) operates such that rod (20) moves in an axial direction toward a hood upper side, pushes up a rear edge side of hood rocker (12) and holds it at that position and, in that state, when a collision load of a predetermined value or greater acts from a hood upper side to near the pushed up position of the hood, push portion (54) slides along pushed up surface (38) of hinge arm (30) towards a vehicle rear side, and rod (20) is made to bend in conjunction therewith.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110031056A1 VEHICLE POP UP HOOD APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-02-10
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