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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Ingo Kalliske, Potsdam, DE;
Dieter Markfort, Berlin, DE;
Markus Felke, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinge for connecting a hood, especially an engine hood, to a vehicle body, having a least one hinge carrier arranged on the vehicle body, at least one hinge arm arranged on the hood and at least one connecting part for the pivotable connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier. The connection of the hinge arm to the hinge carrier is released in the event of an accident by removal and/or destruction of the connecting part. The connecting part is configured to be removed and/or destroyed by forces acting in a direction of a pivot axis of the hinge, in the event of an accident.