Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Trw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh

Anett Kilian

Joachim Schaefer

Hubert Loewe

Juergen Hofmann

Uwe Schmitz

Bernd Dreyer

Bernd Klein

Dirk Tiemann

Scott Wilbanks

Grace Thompson

Joerg Fuge

Klaus Hock

Michael Maas

With a lock for a front hood of a motor vehicle, a locking pawl engages about a rotary latch. This engagement creates a positive connection of the locking pawl to the rotary latch perpendicularly to their intended movement directions. This prevents that during a crash of the motor vehicle the locking pawl is separated from the rotary latch and the lock therefore unlocked.

Lock of a hood of a motor vehicle

A front hood is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to damping element of plastic arranged between a top structure and a bottom structure. The damping element is glued to the top structure and the bottom structure. In the event of a head impact on the front hood the deformation of the top structure is retarded by the damping element. The damping element in the process supports itself on the bottom structure.

Front hood for a motor vehicle

A device for connecting two components, in particular a linkage of bars () and an engine hood (), includes a fastening element () and a securing element () cooperating with the fastening element (). The fastening element () includes a fastening section () for connecting the fastening element () with the first component and a receiving section () for mounting the second component. The securing element () includes first and second securing sections () and is transferable to a final assembly position, in which the first securing section () secures the connection of the fastening element () with the first component and at the same time the second securing section () secures the mounting of the second component in the receiving section ().

Device for connecting two components

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Trebur, Germany

Anett Kilian