Patent ID: 6415882
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B60R,E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hood deployment device for an automotive vehicle having a body structure and a hood, the hood deployment device comprising:a pivot secured to the body structure and having a first section of a first diameter; a hinge secured to the hood and having a slot formed therein, the slot comprising a pivot retention pocket at an upper end of the slot having a width larger than the first diameter, a neck portion immediately below the pivot retention pocket having a width smaller than the first diameter, and a slide portion below the neck portion having a width larger than the first diameter, the deployment device having a normal position wherein the first section of the pivot engages the pivot retention pocket to permit rotating movement of the hinge and the hood about the pivot; and a powered device disposed on the body structure and operable to urge the hood and the hinge upward relative to the body structure to a raised position wherein the pivot is adjacent a bottom of the slot.