Patent ID: 9382731
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B62D,E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An active hood latch apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a latch for locking or unlocking a striker connected to a hood; a base panel installed such that the latch can be rotated relative to the base panel; a lever member rotatably installed on the base panel, the striker, when locked by the latch and in a lowered position being located in a rotational path thereof; a locking part rotatably installed on the base panel to restrain movement of a guide pin and the lever member by engagement with the lever member, and to release the restraint of the guide pin and the lever member in conjunction with a rotation of the lever member in a first direction, the locking part having a locking body rotatably installed in a movement path of the guide pin and is rotated by a rotation of the lever member in a second direction; and a driving part rotating the lever member in the first direction by a force larger than a restraint force of the locking part to restrain movement of the guide pin and the lever member such that the rotation of the lever member overcomes the restraint force causing the locking part to rotate and release the guide pin, wherein after rotating the lever member in the first direction, the driving part supplies power to raise the striker to a raised position, and then absorbs an impact; wherein the lever member is rotated in the second direction by movement of the striker back to the lowered position from the raised position such that the locking part is rotated by the lever member so as to biased back into engagement with the lever member.