# US 12,110,061 B2 · Hood cable fixing case for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,061 B2 - Document ID: US12110061B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/537,857 - Filed: 2021-11-30 - Published: 2022-09-22 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-19 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Eun Min Kim; Sang IL Lee; Hoosang Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110061B2 ## CPC - B62D 25/12: Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) - B60R 2011/0071: {using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An embodiment hood cable fixing casing for a vehicle includes a body part configured to be fixed to a vehicle body so that a first surface thereof faces the vehicle body and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of a hood cable while hingedly rotating. An embodiment body part includes clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and configured to be inserted and fixed into the vehicle body, and cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive the hood cable therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hood cable fixing casing for a vehicle, the hood cable fixing casing comprising: a body part configured to be fixed to a vehicle body so that a first surface thereof faces the vehicle body, the body part comprising: clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and configured to be inserted and fixed into the vehicle body, wherein each of the clip portions comprises a hollow guide pin having a slit formed in a longitudinal direction of the clip portion; and cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive a hood cable therein; and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with the cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of the hood cable while hingedly rotating. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 1, wherein the body part further comprises protrusion portions disposed at positions corresponding to the clip portions, protruding inward from the first surface of the body part, and configured to support the hood cable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 1, wherein: the body part comprises a second surface extending to be perpendicular to the first surface toward a side opposite the vehicle body; and the cable insertion portions are disposed between the first surface and the second surface and are provided in a direction perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 3, wherein: the cover part comprises a third surface connected to the second surface of the body part and a fourth surface extending to be perpendicular to the third surface of the cover part; and the cable insertion guide portions are disposed between the third surface and the fourth surface and are provided in a direction perpendicular to the third surface and the fourth surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 4, wherein a first side of one of the cable insertion guide portions and a first side of one of the cable insertion portions are hingedly coupled to each other, such that the cover part is configured to be hingedly rotated relative to the body part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 5, wherein: a cover hook portion is provided at one end of the fourth surface of the cover part; and the cover hook portion is configured to engage with a hook catching projection provided at one end of the first surface of the body part by the hinged rotation of the cover part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 6, wherein: the cover hook portion is provided in plural; and the fourth surface of the cover part between the plurality of cover hook portions is spaced apart from the first surface of the body part at a predetermined interval in a state in which the cover part and the body part are coupled to each other. ### Claim 8 A hood cable fixing casing for a vehicle, the hood cable fixing casing comprising: a body part configured to be fixed to a vehicle body so that a first surface thereof faces the vehicle body, the body part comprising: clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and configured to be inserted and fixed into the vehicle body, wherein each of the clip portions comprises a hollow guide pin having a slit formed in a longitudinal direction of the clip portion and a clip hook extending in the longitudinal direction of the clip portion along the slit and configured to allow the body part to engage with the vehicle body; cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive a hood cable therein; and protrusion portions disposed at positions corresponding to the clip portions, protruding inward from the first surface of the body part, and configured to support the hood cable; and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with the cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of the hood cable while hingedly rotating. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 8, wherein the protrusion portion integrally extends from the clip portion toward an inside of the body part, and a first end of the clip hook is disposed inside the body part and integrally coupled to the protrusion portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 9, wherein the protrusion portion has a slit extending from the slit formed in the clip portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 10, wherein the clip hook is configured to move rearward or forward toward the slit of the clip portion and the slit of the protrusion portion based on an end integrally coupled to the protrusion portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 11, wherein the first surface of the body part on which the clip hook is formed has an opening space in which the clip hook is configured to be movable. ### Claim 13 A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a body part fixed to the vehicle body with a first surface thereof facing the vehicle body, the body part comprising: clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and inserted and fixed into openings in the vehicle body; and cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive a hood cable therein; a hood cable disposed in the body part; and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with the cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of the hood cable while hingedly rotating; wherein the body part further comprises protrusion portions disposed at positions corresponding to the clip portions, protruding inward from the first surface of the body part, and configured to support the hood cable; and wherein each of the clip portions comprises: a hollow guide pin having a slit formed in a longitudinal direction of the clip portion; and a clip hook extending in the longitudinal direction of the clip portion along the slit and configured to allow the body part to engage with the vehicle body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The vehicle of claim 13, wherein: the protrusion portion integrally extends from the clip portion toward an inside of the body part; a first end of the clip hook is disposed inside the body part and integrally coupled to the protrusion portion; the protrusion portion has a slit extending from the slit formed in the clip portion; the clip hook is configured to move rearward or forward toward the slit of the clip portion and the slit of the protrusion portion based on an end integrally coupled to the protrusion portion; and the first surface of the body part on which the clip hook is formed has an opening space in which the clip hook is configured to be movable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The vehicle of claim 13, wherein: the body part comprises a second surface extending to be perpendicular to the first surface toward a side opposite the vehicle body; the cover part comprises a third surface connected to the second surface of the body part and a fourth surface extending to be perpendicular to the third surface of the cover part; and the cable insertion guide portions are disposed between the first surface and the second surface and are provided in a direction perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface and are disposed between the third surface and the fourth surface and are provided in a direction perpendicular to the third surface and the fourth surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle of claim 15, wherein a first side of one of the cable insertion guide portions and a first side of one of the cable insertion portions are hingedly coupled to each other, such that the cover part is configured to be hingedly rotated relative to the body part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vehicle of claim 16, wherein: a cover hook portion is provided at one end of the fourth surface of the cover part; and the cover hook portion is configured to engage with a hook catching projection provided at one end of the first surface of the body part by the hinged rotation of the cover part. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, wherein: the cover hook portion is provided in plural; and the fourth surface of the cover part between the plurality of cover hook portions is spaced apart from the first surface of the body part at a predetermined interval in a state in which the cover part and the body part are coupled to each other. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 1, wherein the body part further comprises protrusion portions disposed at positions corresponding to the clip portions, the protrusions protruding inward from the first surface of the body part. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The hood cable fixing casing of claim 1, wherein the body part further comprises protrusion portions disposed at positions corresponding to the clip portions, the protrusions configured to support the hood cable.