Patent ID: 9010478
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B60R,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A safety arrangement for a vehicle, the safety arrangement comprising: a bonnet being displaceable between a closed position, an open position permitting access to an engine compartment of the vehicle, and a deployed position in which there is a gap between the bonnet and the engine compartment; and a hinge adapted to be located at or adjacent to a rear end of the bonnet, the hinge being displaceable between a normal position, corresponding to the bonnet being in the closed position, and a deployed position, corresponding to the bonnet being in the deployed position, the hinge comprising an arm adapted to be connected to a body of the vehicle at a first pivotal axis and adapted to be connected to the bonnet at a second pivotal axis, wherein in the normal position of the hinge, the arm is configured to form an acute angle in relation to the body of the vehicle and an obtuse angle in relation to the bonnet by the second pivotal axis being located forward of the first pivotal axis, and wherein in the deployed position, the arm is substantially vertical; wherein the bonnet is displaceable from the closed position to the deployed position, which is located upwards and rearwards as compared to the closed position; and wherein the bonnet is directly openable to the open position both from the closed position and from the deployed position.