Hood assembly for vehicle

Patent 6530449 Issued on March 11, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 13, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

Vehicle hood apparatus
Patent #: 6217108
Issued on: 04/17/2001
Inventor: Sasaki

Vehicular hood apparatus Patent #: 6257657
Issued on: 07/10/2001
Inventor: Sasaki

Inventors

Assignee

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Application

No. 904798 filed on 07/13/2001

US Classes:

180/274, Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle with external object180/69.21Pivoted about horizontal axis extending transversely of vehicle (e.g., alligator type or front end pivot)

Examiners

Primary: Dickson, Paul N.
Assistant: Ilan, Ruth

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Merchant & Gould, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

694 00 889 DE. 03/20/1997
100 33 148 DE. 03/20/2013
100 35 105 DE. 06/20/2013
0 630 801 EP. 11/20/1996
09315266 JP. 12/20/1997
10-258774 JP. 09/20/1998
10258774 JP. 09/20/1998
11-115680 JP. 04/20/1999
11-310157 JP. 09/20/1999
2000-16340 JP. 01/20/2013
2001-206245 JP. 07/20/2013
WO 00/698704 WO. 11/20/2013

International Classes

B60R 021/34
B62D 025/12

Foreign Application Priority Data

2000-07-19 JP

Abstract

A vehicular hood assembly comprising at least one actuator for lifting up a rear end of a hood to a given height when a vehicle s collides with a protective object. The actuator comprises a rod having a constricted portion with lower rigidity than the other part thereof. The actuator is operated responsive to collision of the vehicle with the protective object to cause the rod to lift the hood and when the protective object further encounters a secondary collision with the hood, an impact load exerted to the protective object and the hood is concentrated on the rod to cause the constricted portion of the rod to bend for thereby retaining the hood at its lifted position without causing the rod to return to its original position.