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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Mazur, Leonard, MI (US);
Louis Brown, Oxford, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Mazur, Leonard, MI (US);
Louis Brown, Oxford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
BGM Engineering, Inc., Shelby Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A collision safety system for use with a motor vehicle includes a hood mounted to the vehicle movable between an open position and a closed position. A latch mechanism positioned adjacent the hood releasably engages a striker bar extending from the hood. The latch mechanism includes a spring operative to move the striker bar, a locking cam configured to releasably secure the striker bar and a pawl disposed on a latch bracket is movable between a latched position engaging the locking cam and a deployed position away from the locking cam. A primary hood release device is operatively connected to the pawl and is in communication with a remote source that is configured to transmit an activation signal to the primary hood release device.