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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sakae Sasaki, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 2/810 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 2/810 ;
Abstract
A vehicle hood apparatus includes a hood holding mechanism which, when a vehicle collides with an obstacle, lifts up by a predetermined amount the rear end portion of a hood and holds the position of the lifted-up rear end portion. The hood holding mechanism includes a bendable link which bends or stretches according to the up or down movement of the hood, and an auxiliary link which prevents the bendable link from moving toward the rear of the vehicle. The auxiliary link mechanism restricts the movement of the bendable link toward the rear of the vehicle, thereby preventing the hood from being deformed and moving toward the rear of the vehicle.