Active hood hinge with upstop

A hinge assembly for attaching a hood to a body of a vehicle, comprising:

• a body-side bracket fixedly attached to the body;
• a hood-side bracket fixedly attached to the hood;
• a pivot mechanism configured to place the hinge assembly in:
• a stowed position in which the hood is adjacent the body;
• an access position in which the hood is positioned toward a rear of the vehicle;
• and
• an active position in which the hood is positioned toward a front of the vehicle;
• an actuator configured to move the pivot mechanism to the active position;
• a deploy link, wherein the hood-side bracket is rigidly joined to the deploy link in the access position and the stowed position, and the actuator separates the hood-side bracket from the deploy link in the active position;
• a pin attached to the body-side bracket;
• and
• an upstop link attached to the hood-side bracket and defining a slot, wherein the pin is engaged with the slot when the pivot mechanism is in the active position and is disengaged from the slot when the pivot mechanism is in the access position.

A hinge assembly for attaching a hood to a body of a vehicle, comprising:

• a body-side bracket fixedly attached to the body;
• a hood-side bracket fixedly attached to the hood;
• a pivot mechanism configured to place the hinge assembly in:
• a stowed position in which the hood is adjacent the body;
• an access position in which the hood rotates toward a rear of the vehicle and the pivot mechanism rotates through a 5-bar linkage;
• and
• an active position in which the hood rotates toward a front of the vehicle and the pivot mechanism rotates through a 4-bar linkage;
• an actuator configured to move the pivot mechanism to the active position;
• a pin attached to the body-side bracket;
• and
• an upstop link attached to the hood-side bracket and defining a slot, wherein the pin is engaged with the slot when the pivot mechanism is in the active position.