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US 6,474,190 B1Granted
Hood unlocking apparatus of automobile
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJin-Su Choo
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Abstract
A hood unlocking apparatus of an automobile is provided adapted to unlock a hood of the automobile via a wire, the apparatus comprising a fixing bracket mounted at an inner side panel of the automobile and a rocking bracket formed with a handle for pulling the wire and having one side thereof fixed to the wire while the other side thereof is hitched via a pin and a spring.
Claims9
A hood unlocking apparatus of an automobile, the apparatus comprising:
- an inner side panel;
- a fixing bracket mounted at the inner side panel;
- a rocking bracket rotably coupled to the fixing bracket about an axis transverse to the inner side panel;
- a handle extending from the rocking bracket;
- restoring means for restoring the rocking bracket to its original place after the rocking bracket is rotated relative to the fixing bracket;
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- a wire connected at one end thereof to the rocking bracket and connected at the other end therefor to a hood to cooperatively move according to rotary movement of the rocking bracket.
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A hood unlocking apparatus of an automobile, the apparatus comprising:
- an inner side panel;
- a fixing bracket mounted at the inner side panel, the fixing bracket comprising a first hitching unit;
- a rocking bracket rotably coupled to the fixing bracket via a pin, the rocking bracket comprising a second hitching unit and a plurality of protruders each extending form the rocking bracket at a predetermined angle for contacting the hitching unit when the rocking bracket is rotated relative to the fixing bracket;
- a handle extending from the rocking bracket;
- a torsion spring surrounding the pin for restoring the rocking bracket to its original place after the rocking bracket is rotated relative to the fixing bracket, wherein a first end portion of the torsion spring is hitched by the first hitching unit and a second end portion of the torsion spring is hitched by the second hitching unit;
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- a wire connected at one end thereof to the rocking bracket and connected at another end therefor to a hood to cooperatively move according to rotary movement of the rocking bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.