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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar Edward Donabedian, Livonia, MI (US);
Greg B Zinn, Canton, MI (US);
Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edgar Edward Donabedian, Livonia, MI (US);
Greg B Zinn, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to pedestrian head impact protection. In operation, during a pedestrian impact event with a vehicle, a pedestrian protection deployable hood apparatus configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention causes displacement of the hood at its hinge-carrying portion for enhancing clearance an underside of the hood and a topmost surface of under-hood components. Such embodiments of the present invention contribute to providing for pedestrian head impact protection in a manner that can be implemented with a variety of hood mounting arrangements, that is effective in its results, and that is simple to package in an under-hood environment.