# US 2019/0376326 A1 · Articulating hood pin assembly and hood latch assembly incorporating that articulating hood pin assembly

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- Number: US 2019/0376326 A1
- Document ID: US20190376326A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/003,797
- Filed: 2018-06-08
- Published: 2019-12-12
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-08
- Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Inventors: Thomas Joseph Ciccone; Greg B. Zinn; Trenton McMillion; Jacek Brzozowski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190376326A1

## CPC

- E05B 83/24: for car bonnets
- E05B 63/121: {using balls or the like cooperating with notches}
- E05B 85/04: Strikers
- E05B 85/20: Bolts or detents
- E05B 2015/0235: {Stud-like}
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 1, wherein said double-ended ball stud includes a shank extending between, a first ball and a second ball.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 2, wherein said receiver includes a cylindrical sidewall having a first end and a second end and an end wall closing said first end.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 3, further including a channel formed in said cylindrical sidewall adjacent said second end.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 4, wherein said retention element includes a first section and a second section joined together to form a spherical pocket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 5, wherein said first ball is received and captured in said spherical pocket.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 6, wherein said retention element is received within said cylindrical sidewall.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 7, wherein said snap ring is received in said channel and projects from said channel to partially close said second end and capture said retention element within said cylindrical sidewall.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 8, further including a water drain feature in said end wall.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 9, further including a mounting collar at said second end.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The articulating hood pin assembly of claim 10, further including a plurality of fasteners extending through a plurality of apertures in said mounting collar.

### Claim 12

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.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The hood latch assembly of claim 12, wherein said double-ended ball stud includes a shank extending between, a first ball and a second ball.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The hood latch assembly of claim 13, wherein said receiver includes a cylindrical sidewall having a first end and a second end and an end wall closing said first end.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The hood latch assembly of claim 14, wherein said cylindrical sidewall further includes a channel adjacent said second end.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The hood latch assembly of claim 15, wherein said retention element includes a first section and a second section joined together to form a spherical pocket.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The hood latch assembly of claim 16, wherein said first ball is received and captured in said spherical pocket.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The hood latch assembly of claim 17, wherein said retention element is received within said cylindrical sidewall.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The hood latch assembly of claim 18, wherein said snap ring is received in said channel and projects from said channel to partially close said second end and capture said retention element within said cylindrical sidewall.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The hood latch assembly of claim 19, wherein said latch mechanism is mounted to a hood and said receiver is mounted to a substrate within an engine compartment.