Patent ID: 7520363
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B60R,E05D,E05Y,F15B

Abstract:
1. A vehicle safety device provided on a hood which covers an engine room of a vehicle when a forward end of said hood is hooked to a vehicle body, said vehicle safety device comprising: an actuator which applies an upward thrusting force to the hood from underside at a point close to a rear end thereof to raise the rear end of the hood by a specific amount when an obstacle is detected, and a mechanical connector which connects the rear end of said hood to said vehicle body, said mechanical connector being structured such that, when said actuator raises the rear end of said hood, said mechanical connector extends while swinging about a pivot by which said mechanical connector is joined to said vehicle body, said mechanical connector including: wherein said rod has a mating part formed only on a semi-cylindrical portion on one side of a curved outer surface of the rod along a longitudinal direction thereof and a smooth surface formed on a semi-cylindrical portion on the opposite side of the curved outer surface of the rod, said locking part includes a meshing plug having a mating part which engages with the mating part of said rod in such a manner that said meshing plug is biased toward said rod, and wherein said rod is disengaged from said meshing plug of said locking part when said rod and said locking part are relatively turned in such a way that said smooth surface of the rod is oriented toward the mating part of the meshing plug.