Hood apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorSeung Jun Yang
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Abstract
DA hood apparatus for a vehicle includes a hinge arm having on a lower end thereof a first hinge shaft is coupled. An articulated link is coupled at a first end thereof to the hinge arm via the first hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to a vehicle body via a second hinge shaft, and includes a plurality of joints formed by hingedly coupling a plurality of link aims, thus allowing the link arms to be operated by respective hinge shafts. An actuator is coupled at a first end thereof to the second hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to an associated link arm of the articulated link, so that, in the event of a forward collision of the vehicle, the actuator is triggered to allow the hood to pop up.
Claims11
A hood apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle hood including a hinge arm with a first hinge shaft on a lower end thereof;
- an articulated link coupled at a first end thereof to the hinge arm via the first hinge shaft, and coupled at a second end thereof to a vehicle body via a second hinge shaft, and including a plurality of joints formed by hingedly coupling a plurality of link arms, thus allowing the link arms to be operated by respective hinge shafts;
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- an actuator coupled at a first end thereof to the second hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to an associated link arm of the articulated link, so that, in the event of a forward collision of the vehicle, the actuator is triggered to allow the hood to pop up,
- wherein, in the event of the collision, the hood pops up to an upper position of the vehicle by the actuator while simultaneously moving to a rear position of the vehicle.
A hood apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle hood including a hinge arm with a first hinge shaft on a lower end thereof;
- an articulated link coupled at a first end thereof to the hinge arm via the first hinge shaft, and coupled at a second end thereof to a vehicle body via a second hinge shaft, and including a plurality of joints formed by hingedly coupling a plurality of link arms, thus allowing the link arms to be operated by respective hinge shafts;
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- an actuator coupled at a first end thereof to the second hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to an associated link arm of the articulated link, so that, in the event of a forward collision of the vehicle, the actuator is triggered to allow the hood to pop up,
- wherein the articulated link comprises a plate-shaped main link arm, and a first subsidiary link arm, a second subsidiary link arm and a third subsidiary link arm which each have a shape of a plate and have a length shorter than that of the main link arm, and
- wherein a first end of the third subsidiary link arm is hingedly coupled to a second end of the first subsidiary link arm about the second hinge shaft, and a second end of the third subsidiary link arm is hingedly coupled to a second end of the second subsidiary link arm.
A hood apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle hood including a hinge arm with a first hinge shaft on a lower end thereof;
- an articulated link coupled at a first end thereof to the hinge arm via the first hinge shaft, and coupled at a second end thereof to a vehicle body via a second hinge shaft, and including a plurality of joints formed by hingedly coupling a plurality of link arms, thus allowing the link arms to be operated by respective hinge shafts;
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- an actuator coupled at a first end thereof to the second hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to an associated link arm of the articulated link, so that, in the event of a forward collision of the vehicle, the actuator is triggered to allow the hood to pop up,
- wherein the articulated link comprises a plate-shaped main link arm, and a first subsidiary link arm, a second subsidiary link arm and a third subsidiary link arm which each have a shape of a plate and have a length shorter than that of the main link arm, and
- wherein an elastic member is provided on the second end of the actuator in such a way that a first end of the elastic member is coupled to a hinged coupling portion on the second end of the actuator and a second end of the elastic member is coupled to a second end of the second subsidiary link arm, the elastic member being broken when the hood pops up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.