Vehicle pop-up hood device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSotaro Narita, Yoshinori Uozumi
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Abstract
A vehicle pop-up hood device includes: a hinge base that is fixed to a vehicle body; a first arm that is pivotably connected to the hinge base; and a second arm that is fixed to a vehicle rear side end portion of a front hood and is pivotably connected to the first arm. Further, the vehicle pop-up hood device includes: an actuator that is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and that, by being operated, pivots the second arm with respect to the first arm; and a connecting portion that, at a time of completion of operation of the actuator, is set in an operating state in which the connecting portion restricts movement of the second arm with respect to the hinge base.
Claims13
A vehicle pop-up hood device comprising:
- a hinge base that is fixed to a vehicle body;
- a first arm that is pivotably connected to the hinge base;
- a second arm that is fixed to a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion at a rear portion of a hood, and is pivotably connected to the first arm, and that, by being pivoted with respect to the first arm, moves the vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion at the rear portion of the hood toward a vehicle upper side;
- an actuator that is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and that, by being operated, pivots the second arm with respect to the first arm and raises the hood up from a closed position to a raised position;
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- a connecting portion whose one end portion is connected to the hinge base and whose other end portion is connected to the second arm, and that, at the closed position of the hood, is set in a stored state, at a time of completion of operation of the actuator, the connecting portion being set in an operating state in which the connecting portion restricts movement of the second arm toward the vehicle upper side with respect to the hinge base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.