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AssigneeTakata-Petri AG
InventorsIngo Kalliske, Dieter Markfort, Markus Felke
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A hinge for connecting a hood, especially an engine hood, to a vehicle body, having a least one hinge carrier arranged on the vehicle body, at least one hinge arm arranged on the hood and at least one connecting part for the pivotable connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier. The connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier is released in the event of an accident by removal and/or destruction of the connecting part. The connecting part is configured to be removed and/or destroyed by forces acting in a direction of a pivot axis of the hinge, in the event of an accident.
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A hinge for connecting a hood to a vehicle body, having a least one hinge carrier arranged on the vehicle body, at least one hinge arm arranged on the hood and at least one connecting part for the pivotable connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier, wherein the hinge is configured so that the connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier is released in the event of an accident by removal and/or destruction of the connecting part due to forces acting in a direction of a pivot axis of the hinge.
An airbag for opening a hood connected by a hinge to a vehicle body, especially an engine hood, wherein the airbag is configured to release the hood from the vehicle body when deployed in the region of the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.