Patent ID: 7617898
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle hood raising system comprising: a hood provided at a front of a vehicle; a hood-side mounting member provided at a rear of the hood and a body-side mounting member provided on a body; a connecting member supported rotatably on the body-side mounting member at one end portion and on the hood-side mounting member at the other end portion thereof; a collision detecting unit for detecting a collision of the vehicle with an impacted object; an actuator having an operating portion and adapted to raise the operating portion based on a detection of a collision of the vehicle with the impacted object by the collision detecting unit so as to be brought into abutment with the hood or the hood-side mounting member to thereby raise a rear side of the hood; and a stopper supported rotatably on the body-side mounting member coaxially with the connecting member through a first support portion and supported rotatably on the hood-side mounting member in a position lying further rearwards than a pivotal support portion between the hood-side mounting member and the connecting member through a second support portion for restricting the rising amount of the hood when the hood is raised; wherein the stopper has a first elongated hole for inserting the second support portion to move the same along a longitudinal direction.