US 2019/0241150 A1Published application

Hinge arrangement

AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation

InventorsAnders FREDRIKSSON, Syed HIDAYATH

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a hinge arrangement of a vehicle, the hinge arrangement being transitable between a normal state and a deployed state. The hinge arrangement comprises a body portion, a bracket portion, a hinge portion and a deployment guiding element. The hinge portion comprises a first member and a second member, the deployment guiding element pivotally connecting the bracket portion and the first member of the hinge portion. The bracket portion is arranged to be in a fixed position relative to the first member during movement in a hinged connection. The bracket portion is arranged to be translationally displaced as a whole in relation to the first member of the hinge portion during the transition of the hinge arrangement between the normal state and the deployed state, the deployment guiding element being adapted to guide the transition and the hinged connection being inactive during the transition.

A hinge arrangement adapted to be located at a front, a rear or a side end portion of a cover, e.g. a bonnet, of a vehicle, said hinge arrangement being transitable between a normal state and a deployed state, said hinge arrangement having a longitudinal direction (x), a transverse direction (y) and a vertical direction (z), said hinge arrangement comprising

a body portion, adapted to be attached, directly or indirectly, to a body of said vehicle or forming a part of said body,
a bracket portion, adapted to be attached, directly or indirectly, to said cover,
a hinge portion, providing a hinged connection between said body portion and said bracket portion, and
a deployment guiding element,
said hinge portion comprising a first member and a second member, said second member being pivotally connected to said first member and pivotally or fixedly connected to said body portion,
said deployment guiding element pivotally connecting said bracket portion and said first member of said hinge portion,
said bracket portion being arranged to be in a fixed position relative to said first member during movement in said hinged connection,
said bracket portion being arranged to be translationally displaced as a whole at least in said vertical direction (z) in relation to said first member of said hinge portion during said transition of said hinge arrangement between said normal state and said deployed state, said deployment guiding element being adapted to guide said transition and said hinged connection being inactive during said transition, wherein,
said hinge arrangement further comprises a locking member pivotally connected to said first member, said locking member being adapted to in a first state lock said bracket portion in relation to said first member of said hinge portion and in a second state lock said first member of said hinge portion in relation to said body portion,
said deployment guiding element and said locking member being connected to said first member by means of a common pivot axis.

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Application

16/217,127Filed 12 Dec 2018

Priority

EP 18155082.35 Feb 2018

Published

8 Aug 2019

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Classification8 codes

B60R 21/38
Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians: using means for lifting bonnets
B62D 25/12
Bonnets or lids , e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles: parts or details thereof
E05D 11/1014
Devices for preventing movement between relatively-movable hinge parts: for maintaining the hinge in only one position, e.g. closed
E05Y 2900/536
Type of wing: hoods

Abstract

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