Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nhk Spring Co., Ltd.

Toshihiro Yoshitake

Nobuhiro Iwai

Kazuo Hoshino

Mitsuo Ehama

Yusuke Inomata

Eiji Shimizu

Minoru Takakura

Shinji Uehara

Yasuhiro Miyata

Yuusuke Tsushima

Yasuhiro c/o Nissan Motor Co Ltd Miyata

Yusuke Tsushima

A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.

Hood pop-up system

A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle takes place, which includes: a hood pop-up unit which pops up the hood positioned at a closed position and supports the popped-up hood at a hood support position that is higher than the closed position; and a hood pop-up restricting unit which restricts upward movement of the popped-up hood at an uppermost pop-up position that is higher than the hood support position.

Hood pop-up system and hood pop-up method for a vehicle

The actuator mechanism of the present embodiment comprises the first cylinder, a rod protruding from the first cylinder to lift a hood and lock balls arranged along the outer periphery of the rod and digging into the rod when the rod is pushed back. The diameter of the lock balls and the lapping amount of the lock balls are within specific ranges.

Actuator mechanism for lifting a hood of a motor vehicle

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Atsugi, Japan

Toshihiro Yoshitake