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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Steven C. Heinrichs, Dublin, OH (US);
Patrick J. Ellison, Plain City, OH (US);
Taiga Marukawa, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kosaku Tomozawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akira Futatsuhashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Gilberto Larrache-Irizarry, Delaware, OH (US);
Stephen D Rosenkrantz, Columbus, OH (US);
Keiichiro Tsuji, Novi, MI (US);
Takashi Nakano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hood for a vehicle is movable between an open position and a closed position for covering a vehicle compartment. The hood includes a hood body having an exterior facing surface and an interior facing surface. A first bracket attached to the interior facing surface of the hood body includes a bottom end having a downward opening slot a rotatable hinge attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment for moving the hood body between the open position and the closed position. A second bracket is attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment. The second bracket is attached to a distal end of the rotatable hinge and includes a weld stud extending laterally from a side of the second bracket. The first bracket is seated on the weld stud during installation of the hood.