Patent ID: 6543086
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B60R,E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge arrangement for passenger car hoods for decreasing injuries to pedestrians, the hinge arrangement comprising:a hood pivotable between a closed position and an open position around at least two hinges applied at the rear end of the hood, said hood being arranged in said closed position to compliantly receive impacts in the vertical direction; each hinge being fixed with at least two rods connected to said hinge; wherein at least one of said rods is a draw rod arranged to receive forces in the longitudinal direction of said hood and substantially stop a horizontal displacement of the hood in connection with a collision between the passenger car front and another object; and wherein when the hood is in said closed position, at least one of the rods is a vertical rod arranged to permanently deform at a vertical collision impact while receiving a predetermined vertical load, said vertical rod being shaped to receive said vertical load over a predetermined deformation length.