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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Masaki Nakaura, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Masatoshi Takayama, Hiroshima, JP;
Tadashi Ioka, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaki Nakaura, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hiroshima, JP;
Masatoshi Takayama, Hiroshima, JP;
Tadashi Ioka, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A pedestrian protection device for a vehicle is provided at a vehicle-body front portion which comprises an engine room, a cowl box provided at an upper portion of a dash panel and extending in a vehicle width direction, and an engine hood pivotally supported at the vehicle body via a first hinge provided at a rear end portion so as to cover over the engine room. An engine-hood guide mechanism guides the engine hood upwardly and rearwardly so as to cover at least part of the cowl box when a collision of a pedestrian against a front bumper face is detected or predicted, and lowers the engine hood downwardly when a load acting on the engine hood exceeds a specified load.