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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Sang Il Kim, Whasung-Si, KR;
Seong Tae Hong, Whasung-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motor Corp., Seoul, KR;
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Abstract
An active hood apparatus for a vehicle may include a vehicle body bracket including a guide slot formed upwardly, an operation pin having one end configured to be inserted and slid into the guide slot and the other end connected to a hood by a link, an operation link pivotally coupled to the vehicle body bracket by a hinge pin and having one end configured for contacting the one end of the operation pin to slide the one end of the operation pin upwardly along the guide slot simultaneously with moving the operation pin in a length direction of one end at the time of being rotated, and an inflator rotating the operation link at the time of applying an operation signal thereto.