US 12,523,073 B2Granted

Vehicle hood stay support structure

AssigneeSubaru Corporation

InventorToshiyuki Ueki

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Abstract

A vehicle hood stay support structure for supporting a hood stay includes a stay coupling member, an annular member, and a holding member. The stay coupling member is coupled with a base end part of the hood stay. The stay coupling member is configured to turn together with the hood stay about a second axis orthogonal to a first axis. On the inner circumference side of the annular member, the stay coupling member is disposed to be capable of turning about the second axis. The annular member turns, within a predetermined range, about a third axis orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis. On the inner circumference side of the holding member, the annular member is disposed to be capable of turning about the third axis. The holding member is fixed to a vehicle body component of the vehicle while being capable of rotating about the first axis.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle hood stay support structure for supporting a hood stay configured to hold, in an opened state, a hood covering an opening of an engine room of a vehicle, the vehicle hood stay support structure comprising:

a stay coupling member integrally and rigidly coupled with a base end part of the hood stay, the stay coupling member being configured to turn, within a predetermined range, together with the hood stay about a second axis orthogonal to a first axis matching a center axis of a portion of the stay coupling member integrally and rigidly coupled to the base end part of the hood stay;
an annular member, on an inner circumference side of which, the stay coupling member is disposed to be capable of turning about the second axis, the annular member being configured to turn, within a predetermined range, about a third axis orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis;
and
a holding member, on an inner circumference side of which, the annular member is disposed to be capable of turning about the third axis, the holding member being fixed to a vehicle body component of the vehicle while being capable of rotating about the first axis,
wherein the holding member is capable of rotating about the first axis without being capable of moving in a detaching direction that is along the first axis when the holding member is fixed to the vehicle body component.

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A vehicle hood stay support structure comprising:

a vehicle body component including a hole;
a holding member (i) comprising a cylindrical fitting tube inserted into the hole, (ii) fixed to the vehicle component and (iii) configured to rotate about a first axis with respect to the vehicle body component, the first axis extending through a center of the hole, wherein the holding member is capable of rotating about the first axis without being capable of moving in a detaching direction that is along the first axis when the holding member is fixed to the vehicle body component;
an annular member configured to rotate about a second axis with respect to the holding member, the second axis being orthogonal to the first axis;
a stay coupling member configured to rotate about a third axis with respect to the annular member, the third axis being orthogonal to the first axis and to the second axis;
and
a hood stay extending from the stay coupling member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.