Patent ID: 9121212
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60R,E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A releasable hood hinge assembly, comprising: a first link adapted to be connected to a vehicle hood; a second link releasably coupled to the first link; a releasable connector having a connected state in which it connects together the first and second links and defines a design position of the hinge assembly and a released state wherein relative movement is permitted between the first and second links to define a deployed position and a reset position of the hinge assembly; a link control assembly having a reset member, a return block selectively engageable by the reset member, a landing and an overjump defined between the return block and the landing, where the landing is offset from the return block in two dimensions and where one dimension is in the direction of movement of the first link from the design position to the deployed position and the other dimension is different from said direction of movement so that when the hinge assembly moves from its design position to its deployed position the reset member is moved to the landing and when the hinge assembly is moved back toward the design position, the reset member is blocked from moving back to the design position.