# US 9,751,493 B2 · Vehicle pop-up hood device

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- Number: US 9,751,493 B2
- Document ID: US9751493B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/232,392
- Filed: 2016-08-09
- Published: 2017-02-23
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2015-08-21
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Sotaro Narita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751493B2

## CPC

- B60R 21/38: using means for lifting bonnets
- B62D 25/12: Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

A vehicle pop-up hood device includes a hinge base, a first arm that is coupled to the hinge base via first pin, a second arm that is coupled to the first arm via a second pin, and an actuator that is coupled to the first arm via a first coupling shaft and coupled to the second arm via a second coupling shaft. The first coupling shaft, the second coupling shaft, and the second pin are disposed at a vehicle front side and a vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the first pin. The actuator is disposed at an incline toward the vehicle width direction inner side on progression toward the vehicle front side in vehicle plan view, and respective axial lines of the first coupling shaft, the second coupling shaft, and the second pin are orthogonal to the actuator in vehicle plan view.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle pop-up hood device, comprising:
a hinge base that is fixed to a vehicle body;
a first arm that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of the hinge base, and that is coupled to the hinge base, so as to be capable of swinging, via a first pin having an axial direction in the vehicle width direction;
a second arm that is disposed at the vehicle width direction inner side of the first arm, that is fixed to a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of a rear section of a hood, that is coupled to the first arm via a second pin so as to be capable of swinging, and that moves the vehicle width direction outer side end portion of the rear section of the hood toward a vehicle upper side by swinging with respect to the first arm; and
an actuator that is coupled to the first arm via a first coupling shaft and that is coupled to the second arm via a second coupling shaft disposed at a vehicle rear side of the first coupling shaft, actuation of the actuator causing the second arm to be swung with respect to the first arm, whereby the hood is lifted from a closed position to a lifted position, wherein:
the first coupling shaft, the second coupling shaft, and the second pin are disposed at a vehicle front side and at the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the first pin, and
the actuator is disposed at an incline toward the vehicle width direction inner side on progression toward the vehicle front side in vehicle plan view, and respective axial lines of the first coupling shaft, the second coupling shaft, and the second pin are orthogonal to the actuator in vehicle plan view.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle pop-up hood device of claim 1, wherein:
the second arm extends along the actuator in plan view, and is fixed to the hood by a pair of front and rear fastening members; and
among the pair of front and rear fastening members, a fastening member disposed at the vehicle front side is disposed at the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to a fastening member disposed toward the vehicle rear side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle pop-up hood device of claim 1, further comprising an oscillation suppressing mechanism that couples the hinge base and the second arm together and that suppresses oscillation of the hood when the actuation of the actuator completes, wherein the oscillation suppressing mechanism is disposed between the second arm and the hinge base in the vehicle width direction.