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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Dura Operating Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Gordon Carothers, Guelph-Eramosa, CA;
Robert A. Hendren, Macomb, MI (US);
Dean B. Watson, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dura Operating, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 3/18 (2006.01); E05F 3/20 (2006.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/38 (2011.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 3/20 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 21/38 (2013.01); E05D 3/125 (2013.01); E05D 3/18 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/536 (2013.01); Y10T 16/521 (2015.01); Y10T 16/54023 (2015.01);
Abstract
A releasable hood hinge assembly having a reset member, a return block, an overjump and a landing offset from the return block, the return block having a positive stop, wherein the reset member is idle in the pre-crash condition, engages the landing in the post-crash condition and is blocked by the positive stop from returning to the pre-crash condition in the post-crash operating condition.