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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
In Hwang, Hwaseong-shi, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An active hood device for a vehicle may include a hood panel which is provided in the front of a vehicle body to cover an engine room, and rotatably mounted by a hood hinge coupled to a rear end of the hood panel, a hinge actuator which has a first side connected to the hood hinge, and a second side coupled to a bracket coupled to the vehicle body, and has a rod movable, and an operating unit which connects the bracket and the hood hinge, and allows the rod to be moved when the rod is raised, wherein at a time of a vehicle-pedestrian collision accident, the hood actuator is operated by a signal from a detecting sensor installed at a front portion of the vehicle, to raise the rod, and the rod allows the hood panel to pop up while being raised by the operating unit.