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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Sang Kyoon Lim, Bucheon-Si, KR;
Sang Il Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Dong Hee Ma, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jin Pyung Park, Goyang-Si, KR;
Seong-Tae Hong, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Abstract
A hood latch apparatus for a vehicle includes: a housing having entrance guide recesses at a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, to allow a striker to enter; a first support shaft and a second support shaft disposed at both sides of the entrance guide recesses, respectively; a claw rotatably connected to the first support shaft; a pawl rotatably connected to the second support shaft and configured to restrain the claw or release the restraint of the claw; a safety hook rotatably connected to the second support shaft and configured to restrict the opening of a hood; and a safety lever having one end of thereof rotatably supported on a third support shaft installed inside the housing, and including a user manipulation portion extending to an outside of the housing and a pressing portion for pressing a lower portion of the safety hook.