Patent ID: 8387214
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gas-lifter device for a vehicle hood, the device comprising: a hood hinge arm affixed to the vehicle hood; a hinge bracket for pivotally mounting the hood hinge arm and the vehicle hood to a vehicle body; a hinge-arm spur gear affixed relative to the hinge arm, wherein the hinge-arm spur gear moves with the hinge arm to rotate with respect to the hinge bracket; a link-member spur gear intermeshed with the hinge-arm spur gear; a guide member rotatably supporting the link-member spur gear to orbit about the hinge-arm spur gear; a link member having an upper end affixed to the link-member spur gear and a lower end operably connected to a gas lifter.