Patent ID: 8726466
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B60R,E05D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly of a hood hinge apparatus and a cowl-side body connection portion for a vehicle, the cowl-side body connection portion including an A-pillar, the assembly comprising: a horizontal inclined surface and a vertical inclined surface of the cowl-side body connection portion; a fixed hinge bracket formed by a combination of a horizontal inclination member with a vertical inclination member, the fixed hinge bracket being in surface—contacting with the body connection portion in such a way to form an angular structure; and bolts coupled to the horizontal inclination member and the vertical inclination member, respectively, to engage the fixed hinge bracket with the body connection portion; a body bead formed on the vertical inclined surface of the cowl-side body connection portion; and a coupling groove formed in the vertical inclination member of the fixed hinge bracket, wherein collision energy is transferred from the body connection portion to the A-pillar through coupling between the body bead and the coupling groove, thus improving crash performance; wherein the angular structure is configured such that the horizontal inclined surface of the cowl-side body is inclinedly formed upwardly toward the A-pillar with respect to a horizontal line in a body's length-wise direction, the vertical inclined surface connected to the A-pillar is inclinedly fanned downwardly toward the A-pillar with respect to a vertical line in a body's height-wise direction from an end of the horizontal inclined surface, and the horizontal inclined surface of the cowl side and the vertical inclined surface of the connection side of the A-pillar form an angle which is larger than about 90° therebetween; wherein the horizontal inclined surface and the vertical inclined surface are in surface contact with the horizontal inclination member and the vertical inclination member of the fixed hinge bracket, respectively.