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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Yuasa, Toyota, JP;
Yukio Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyuki Yoshiyama, Aichi, JP;
Shigeyuki Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Takeki Hayashi, Aichi, JP;
Hajime Kitte, Aichi, JP;
Masashi Aoki, Aichi, JP;
Toshikatsu Togawa, Aichi, JP;
Toshinobu Tsuboi, Ogaki, JP;
Shinji Mori, Ogaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Yuasa, Toyota, JP;
Yukio Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyuki Yoshiyama, Aichi, JP;
Shigeyuki Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Takeki Hayashi, Aichi, JP;
Hajime Kitte, Aichi, JP;
Masashi Aoki, Aichi, JP;
Toshikatsu Togawa, Aichi, JP;
Toshinobu Tsuboi, Ogaki, JP;
Shinji Mori, Ogaki, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd., Ogaki, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle pop-up hood apparatus in which a rod is extended and a hood is pushed up by the operation of an actuator at a time of collision with a collision body, collision energy is absorbed with high efficiency when a collision load of a predetermined value or greater is input to an area near a hood pushed up position. Actuator () operates such that rod () moves in an axial direction toward a hood upper side, pushes up a rear edge side of hood rocker () and holds it at that position and, in that state, when a collision load of a predetermined value or greater acts from a hood upper side to near the pushed up position of the hood, push portion () slides along pushed up surface () of hinge arm () towards a vehicle rear side, and rod () is made to bend in conjunction therewith.