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US 2019/0376326 A1Published application
Articulating hood pin assembly and hood latch assembly incorporating that articulating hood pin assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Joseph Ciccone, Greg B. Zinn, Trenton McMillion, Jacek Brzozowski
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Abstract
An articulating hood pin assembly includes a double-ended ball stud, a receiver, a retention element holding the double-ended ball stud and a snap ring securing the retention element in the receiver. A hood latch assembly includes a latch mechanism and the articulating hood pin assembly.
Claims20
An articulating hood pin assembly, comprising:
- a double-ended ball stud;
- a receiver;
- a retention element holding said double-ended ball stud;
- and
- a snap ring securing said retention element in said receiver.
2 more elements
A hood latch assembly, comprising:
- a latch mechanism;
- and
- an articulating hood pin assembly displaceable between a locked position, held within said latch mechanism, and an unlocked position, free of said latch mechanism, said articulating hood pin assembly including a double-ended ball stud, a receiver, a retention element holding said double-ended ball stud and a snap ring securing said retention element in said receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.