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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Timo Czechtizky, Zell unter Aichelberg, DE;
DE. ING H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A hinge apparatus () for a front hood () of a motor vehicle has an integrated pedestrian protection that includes a hood-side fastening arrangement () articulated to a body-side fastening arrangement () via a link arrangement () that has a stop link (). The hood-side fastening arrangement () has a hinge upper part () and a coupling (), and the body-side fastening arrangement () has a lock () that acts on the coupling () to lock the hood () in a normal state and to unlock it by a pyrotechnical actuator () that acts on the lock () and the stop link (). The pyrotechnical actuator () has a piston rod () and an ignition in a housing (). A free end () of the piston rod () is articulated on the lock (), and an opposite end () of the housing () is articulated on the stop link ().