Front pop-up latch safety hook structure for active hood of vehicle
AssigneeKia Motors Corporation
InventorsTae Young Cho, Jin Pyung Park
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Abstract
A front pop-up latch safety hook structure for an active hood of a vehicle having a front end module (FEM) including a front end carrier is provided. The structure includes a plate-shaped frame and a striker mounted on a front surface of the plate-shaped frame and fixed to a bottom of the hood. A safety hook is provided in front of the front end carrier of the FEM and is movable to an engagement location with the striker and a release location from the striker. A latch is configured to engage with or to disengage from the striker. A pop-up means is configured to pop up a hood by forcibly lifting the striker while the latch engages with the striker as the safety hook disengages from the striker when a collision of the vehicle occurs.
Claims7
A front pop-up latch safety hook structure for an active hood of a vehicle, the front pop-up latch safety hook structure being provided in front of a front end module (FEM) including a front end carrier, the structure comprising:
- a plate-shaped frame;
- a safety hook provided at a front side of the plate-shaped frame, the safety hook being configured to be movable between an engagement location with a striker and a release location from the striker;
- a latch configured to engage with or disengage from the striker, wherein the latch includes a latch passive on a bottom thereof;
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- a pop-up means for popping up the hood by forcibly lifting the striker while the latch engages with the striker as the safety hook disengages from the striker when a collision of the vehicle occurs,
- wherein the safety hook integrally includes a lever portion and the lever portion interlocks when the latch passive pivots, and the lever portion of the safety hook is deployed to move by a pin that protrudes in a lateral direction from the latch passive.
The front pop-up latch safety hook structure of claim wherein the collision of the vehicle is a pedestrian collision accident.
A front pop-up latch safety hook structure for an active hood of a vehicle, the front pop-up latch safety hook structure being provided in front of a front end module (FEM) including a front end carrier, the structure comprising:
- a plate-shaped frame;
- a safety hook provided in a front side of the plate-shaped frame the safety hook being configured to be movable between an engagement location with a striker and a release location from the striker;
- a latch configured to engage with or disengage from the striker;
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- a pop-up means for popping up the hood by forcibly lifting the striker while the latch engages with the striker as the safety hook disengages from the striker when a collision of the vehicle occurs,
- wherein the latch includes a latch passive on a bottom thereof and when the latch passive pivots, the latch pivots in a direction to disengage from the striker by interlocking with the safety hook, the safety hook integrally includes a lever portion and the lever portion interlocks when the latch passive pivots, and the lever portion of the safety hook is deployed to move by a pin that protrudes in a lateral direction from the latch passive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.