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US 9,752,362 B2Granted
Hood hinge structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShuichiro Nakayama, Ozge Yildirim Caliskan
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Abstract
A hood hinge structure includes a hood hinge base (12) and a hood hinge arm (14). The hood hinge base is fixed to a vehicle body. The hood hinge arm includes a supported portion (22) and a fixed portion (24). The supported portion is provided at a base end side of the hood hinge arm and is supported by the hood hinge base. The fixed portion (24) is provided at a tip end side of the hood hinge arm and is fixed to a hood. At least a portion of the hood hinge arm from the supported portion to the fixed portion has a laminated structure.
Claims7
A hood hinge structure comprising:
- a hood hinge base that is fixed to a vehicle body;
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- a hood hinge arm that includes a supported portion and a fixed portion, the supported portion being provided at a base end side of the hood hinge arm and being pivotally supported by the hood hinge base, and the fixed portion being provided at a tip end side of the hood hinge arm and being fixed to a hood, wherein
- at least a portion of the hood hinge arm from the supported portion to the fixed portion has a laminated structure,
- the hood hinge arm is formed of a single sheet,
- the supported portion and the fixed portion each have the laminated structure formed of the single sheet that is bent,
- the laminated structure of the fixed portion is bent to have a base wall portion and a side wall portion,
- the base wall portion extends along the hood and has insertion holes into which bolts are inserted, and
- the base wall portion is fixed to the hood with the bolts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.