Front hood latch device
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorMinetaka KATAGAWA
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Abstract
A front hood latch device includes a latch on a vehicle body, engageable with a striker on a front hood; an energizing member that biases the latch toward a release position; a primary pole configured to engage the latch at a primary latch position to hold the hood fully closed; a secondary pole configured to engage the latch at a secondary latch position to hold the hood partially closed; and an actuator unit operable to release the primary pole from the latch. Further, the actuator unit operates to release the primary pole upon receiving an open command only when the vehicle is stopped. The actuator unit remains inoperative if the open command is received while the vehicle is traveling, preventing the hood from opening.
Claims13
A front hood latch device comprising:
- a latch provided in a body of a vehicle, the latch meshable with a striker at a front portion of a front hood when the front hood is closed;
- an energizing member that energizes the latch in a direction of releasing the meshing;
- a primary pole that maintains the front hood in a fully closed position by being engaged with the latch in a state where the latch engaged with the striker is disposed in a predetermined primary latch position;
- a secondary pole that maintains the front hood at a half-hooked position by being engaged with the latch in a case where the latch released from an engagement state with the primary pole is disposed at a predetermined secondary latch position;
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- an actuator unit capable of releasing the engagement state between the primary pole and the latch when the actuator unit operates in an opening direction,
- wherein the actuator unit is operated in the opening direction in a case where an open command is given while the vehicle is stopped, and the actuator unit is maintained in a halted state in a case where an open command is given while the vehicle is traveling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.