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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurence S Parfitt, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Paccar Inc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 6921 ;
Abstract
A hood mounting system and methods having compliant hinge assemblies mounted between frontal portions of a hood and the vehicle frame. A spring actuator is mounted from the frame and hood which exerts force to assist movement of the hood from the open and closed positions. A locking device is operably connected to the spring actuator and is operable in response to movement of the hood to automatically lock the hood in an open position. The locking device is movable to a release position to permit the hood to move from the open hood position to the closed position.