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US 7,377,561 B2Granted
Locking and unlocking apparatus of engine hood door
AssigneeVolvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB
InventorHan Chul Shin
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Abstract
In a locking and unlocking apparatus of an engine hood door, a stay is formed of a first arm and a second arm, with the stay being provided so as to fix a door of an engine hood in a fixed state. The first arm and the second arm are foldably connected to each other and pivotally connected to a frame and a door respectively. The lock of the first arm is automatically locked by a locking piece of the second arm at a portion in which the first arm and the second arm are arranged on a straight line for thereby maintaining an opened state of the door. The lock is unlocked from the locking piece with the locking piece being pulled by operation of a lever which is connected with the locking piece through a wire from a remote site, so that the door is closed.
Claims6
A locking and unlocking apparatus of an engine hood door. comprising:
- a frame which includes an opening at one side of the same and receives various parts including an engine therein;
- a door which is hinge-rotated about a hinge shaft at the frame for opening and closing the opening;
- a stay which includes:
- a first arm of which one side is pivotally connected to the frame by a first fixing joint, and the other side is rotatable;
- a second arm of which one side is foldably engaged with the other side of the first arm, and the other side is pivotally connected to the door by a second fixing joint, with the stay being foldable with respect to a foldable joint which connects the other side of the first arm and one side of the second arm;
- a fixing means which allows the door to be fixed at an inclined angle with respect to the hinge shaft when the door is opened, and maintains a fixed state of the stay so that the first arm and the second arm may not be folded;
- an unlocking means which unlocks the fixed state of the stay when the door is closed;
- and
- a remote control switch which overcomes an elastic force of a coil spring and pulls a wire,
- wherein said fixing means includes:
- a ring-shaped lock which is extended from the foldable joint of the first arm;
- a locking piece which is provided at the second arm, with the locking piece being locked by the lock;
- and
- a coil spring which is supported by one side of the second arm and allows the locking piece to be elastically biased in a direction that the lock is locked.
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A locking and unlocking apparatus of an engine hood door, comprising:
- a frame which includes an opening at one side of the same and receives various parts including an engine therein;
- a door which is hinge-rotated about a hinge shaft at the frame for opening and closing the opening;
- a stay which includes:
- a first arm of which one side is pivotally connected to the frame by a first fixing joint, and the other side is rotatable;
- a second arm of which one side is foldably engaged with the other side of the first arm, and the other side is pivotally connected to the door by a second fixing joint, with the stay being foldable with respect to a foldable joint which connects the other side of the first arm and one side of the second arm,
- wherein said first arm is a plate shaped member having a certain length, and said second arm is a two-fold plate shaped member symmetrically disposed at each side of the first arm, respectively;
- a fixing means which allows the door to be fixed at an inclined angle with respect to the hinge shaft when the door is opened, and maintains a fixed state of the stay so that the first arm and the second arm may not be folded;
- an unlocking means which unlocks the fixed state of the stay when the door is closed
- a remote control switch which overcomes an elastic force of the coil spring and pulls the wire;
- and
- a first partition between the plate shaped members of the second arm for thereby supporting the coil spring.
8 more elements
A locking and unlocking apparatus of an engine hood door, comprising:
- a frame which includes an opening at one side of the same and receives various parts including an engine therein;
- a door which is hinge-rotated about a hinge shaft at the frame for opening and closing the opening;
- a stay which includes:
- a first arm of which one side is pivotally connected to the frame by a first fixing joint, and the other side is rotatable;
- a second arm of which one side is foldably engaged with the other side of the first arm, and the other side is pivotally connected to the door by a second fixing joint, with the stay being foldable with respect to a foldable joint which connects the other side of the first arm and one side of the second arm;
- a fixing means which allows the door to be fixed at an inclined angle with respect to the hinge shaft when the door is opened, and maintains a fixed state of the stay so that the first arm and the second arm may not be folded;
- an unlocking means which unlocks the fixed state of the stay when the door is closed and
- a remote control switch which overcomes an elastic force of the coil spring and pulls the wire,
- wherein said remote control switch includes:
- a casing which includes a shaft in an interior of the same;
- and
- a lever of which one side is connected with the wire, a center is rotatably fixed at the shaft of the casing, and the other side is elastically supported by an elastic spring in a certain direction,
- said wire is received in the interior of a cable,
- a second partition is installed between the plate shaped members of the second arm,
- an end portion of one side of the cable is installed at the second partition, and
- an end portion of the other side of the cable is installed at the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.